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Submitted By	:	BenjaminZeidler
Date	:	09-05-2008

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Lyoto Machida Vs. Thiago Silva Cancelled

MMA Weekly reports the following:

The upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship show in England has lost one of its marquee fighters. MMAWeekly.com has confirmed that Thiago Silva has been forced out of his upcoming bout with Lyoto Machida at UFC 89 on Oct. 18 due to injury.
Thiago Silva has been very impressive in all of his UFC fights. He still sports an undefeated record in the Octagon, holding wins over fighters like Houston Alexander and Antonio Mendes.
MMAWeekly.com confirmed with sources close to the fight that Silva has been dealing with a back problem that will keep him out of the bout.
With the loss of Silva, the UFC will likely try to find another solid opponent for Machida as the fight was slated to be one of the bigger bouts on the Spike TV broadcast.
No word as of this time who will replace Silva, but the UFC still has more than six weeks until the fight, giving matchmaker Joe Silva plenty of time to work on a replacement.

There's only one man who will be available for the job: Mauricio Rua.

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Shark

124 days ago	Flag as : spam / abuse / offensive

SHOGUN will kick Machida's ass

chaos

124 days ago	Flag as : spam / abuse / offensive

true but i thought shogun was out till december

big_9_er

124 days ago	Flag as : spam / abuse / offensive

Maybe Machida hurt his leg running in the Olympics.

JSTR808

124 days ago	Flag as : spam / abuse / offensive

Shogun needs a win before he gets a top 5 opponent. Confidence, or rather lack thereof is the weakness of many fighters with solid skills.

chaos

123 days ago	Flag as : spam / abuse / offensive

shogun will fight thiago in december mark my words

nablur

123 days ago	Flag as : spam / abuse / offensive

I'm bummed. I was looking forward to this bout.

arny

119 days ago	Flag as : spam / abuse / offensive

I love shogun but he has to get a few quality wins in the ufc before he goes up against machida.
Machida and Thiago Silva should be a title fight defense both I think could be Griffin.

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