Andrey Koreshkov off Bellator 115 with flu, Kimball-Cramer scrapped

In a major shakeup just prior to Thursday’s officials weigh-ins for Bellator 115, both tournament semifinal fights on the main card have been scrapped.

The welterweight tournament semifinal bout between Andrey Koreshkov (15-1 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) and Sam Oropeza (11-2 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) has been removed from the card due to Koreshkov suffering from the flu.

And Jeremy Kimball (10-4 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) was off weight enough prior to the official weigh-in event that his middleweight tourney semifinal fight with Dan Cramer (10-4 MMA, 7-2 BMMA) was cut from the event, as well.

Bellator officials announced the news Thursday night and said Koreshkov and Oropeza will be rescheduled to another event. No word was given on the status of the Kimball-Cramer fight, however.

“Bellator 115: Minakov vs. Kongo” takes place Friday at Reno Events Center in Nevada. The main card airs on Spike TV at 9 p.m. ET, with preliminary bouts streaming on Spike.com at 7 p.m. ET.

With the changes, the new Bellator 115 card includes:

MAIN CARD (Spike TV, 9 p.m. ET)

• Vitaly Minakov vs. Cheick Kongo – for heavyweight title
• Justin Baesman vs. Herman Terrado
• Kelly Anundson vs. Volkan Oezdemir
• Johnny Cisneros vs. Mikkel Parlo

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com, 7 p.m. ET)

• Rick Reeves vs. James Terry
• Josh Appelt vs. Freddie Aquitania
• Jason Powell vs. Sinjen Smith
• Benito Lopez vs. Oscar Ramirez

For more on Bellator 115, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.

(Pictured: Andrey Koreshkov)