UFC Fight Night 117 in Japan loses bout due to injury

An injury has forced a change to next week’s UFC Fight Night 117 event in Japan.

A fight between undefeated 20-year-old Japanese flyweight Naoki Inoue (11-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Filipino prospect Jenel Lausa (7-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) was recently removed the fight card on UFC.com.

Earlier this month, Inoue announced via Instagram that he had dislocated his shoulder (via BloodyElbow.com):

I will be out of #ufcjapan because of dislocated right shoulder. ?? ??? @ufc ?????????????????????(?) #ufc???? #HakushinkaiKarate #Manto #choicesupplement #?????? #toyohashi #??

A post shared by Naoki Inoue (@naokiinouemma) on Sep 2, 2017 at 8:13am PDT

UFC Fight Night 117 takes place Sept. 22 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, near Tokyo. It airs on FXX following an early prelim on UFC Fight Pass.

Inoue vs. Lausa was slated for the FXX prelims.

Inoue, a longtime Deep fighter, made his UFC debut in June, when the prospect scored a decision victory over Carls John de Tomas. Lausa, meanwhile, made a 2016 UFC debut and scored a decision victory over Yao Zhikui, but in April, he dropped a decision to Magomed Bibulatov to snap an overall five-fight winning streak.

The latest UFC Fight Night 117 card now includes:

• Mauricio Rua vs. Ovince Saint Preux
• Jessica Andrade vs. Claudia Gadelha
• Takanori Gomi vs. “Maestro” Dong Hyun Kim
• Henrique da Silva vs. Gokhan Saki
• Rolando Dy vs. Teruto Ishihara
• Mizuto Hirota vs. Charles Rosa
• Alex Morono vs. Keita Nakamura
• Jussier Formiga vs. Ulka Sasaki
• Chan-Mi Jeon vs. Syuri Kondo
• Shinsho Anzai vs. Luke Jumeau
• Daichi Abe vs. Hyun Gyu Lim

For more on UFC Fight Night 117, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.