Ed Herman pulls out of UFC 209 light heavyweight fight with Igor Pokrajac

Light heavyweight Ed Herman announced today on Twitter that he has pulled out of his UFC 209 fight with Igor Pokrajac because of injury, though Herman did not elaborate on what the injury is.

UFC 209 takes place March 4 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Herman has alternated wins over his past seven bouts. The 36-year-old American, who first joined the UFC in 2006 after a runner-up finish on “The Ultimate Fighter 3,” moved from middleweight to light heavyweight in early 2016 and promptly scored a TKO “Performance of the Night” win over Tim Boetsch. However, in his most recent bout, he suffered a head-kick knockout loss to Nikita Krylov.

The latest UFC 209 card includes:

• Champ Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson – for welterweight title
• Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson – for interim lightweight title
• Rashad Evans vs. Dan Kelly
• David Teymur vs. Lando Vannata
• Mark Hunt vs. Alistair Overeem
• Todd Duffee vs. Mark Godbeer
• Marcin Tybura vs. Luis Henrique
• Mirsad Bektic vs. Darren Elkins
• Luke Sanders vs. Iuri Alcantara
• Paul Craig vs. Tyson Pedro

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