After UFC 209 co-headliner canceled, Fight Pass bout promoted to PPV main card

Today began with the unfortunate news of Khabib Nurmagomedov being hospitalized because of his weight cut, forcing the UFC to cancel his interim lightweight title fight with Tony Ferguson.

This marks the third time that a scheduled fight between Nurmagomedov (24-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and Ferguson (22-3 MMA, 12-1 UFC) has been scratched. They were first scheduled to fight at The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale in December 2015, but Nurmagomedov was forced off the card with an injury. They were rebooked for UFC on FOX 19 in April 2016, but shortly before the fight, Ferguson had to pull out.

Without Saturday’s UFC 209 co-main event, the UFC has adjusted pay-per-view main card, which takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

At today’s weigh-ins, lightweights David Teymur (5-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) and Lando Vannata (9-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC), who were scheduled for the main card, were announced as the new co-headliners; however, according to UFC.com, middleweights Rashad Evans (19-5-1 MMA, 14-5-1 UFC) and Daniel Kelly (12-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) are currently in that slot.

Additionally, a fight between strawweights Cynthia Calvillo (3-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and Amanda Cooper (2-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has been elevated from the UFC Fight Pass prelims all the way up to the main card; it’ll be the second fight to air on the PPV broadcast.

The official UFC 209 lineup now includes:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

• Champ Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson – for welterweight title
• David Teymur vs. Lando Vannata
• Rashad Evans vs. Daniel Kelly
• Cynthia Calvillo vs. Amanda Cooper
• Mark Hunt vs. Alistair Overeem

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)

• Luis Henrique vs. Marcin Tybura
• Mirsad Bektic vs. Darren Elkins
• Iuri Alcantara vs. Luke Sanders
• Mark Godbeer vs. Daniel Spitz

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. ET)

• Paul Craig vs. Tyson Pedro
• Albert Morales vs. Andre Soukhamthath

For more on UFC 209, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.