[Storm]

Did UFC President Dana White have a recent dicey encounter with a black cat or break a mirror lately? Bad luck continues to pile up for the UFC, as injuries have plagued many of their upcoming cards.

Undefeated heavyweight phenom Todd Duffee is the latest fighter to withdraw from an upcoming event due to an injury. An undisclosed injury forced Duffee out of his scheduled heavyweight bout against Paul Buentello at UFC 107 in December.

News of Duffee's injury and withdrawal from UFC 107 was first reported by Sherdog.com. According to the report, up-and-comers Mike Russow and Stefan Struve are the leading candidates to replace Duffee, however, nothing has been made official.

Duffee joins other fighters who have recently withdrawn from upcoming UFC events during the organizations unlucky stretch, which include; Thiago Alves, Mark Coleman, Ricardo Almeida, Kurt Pellegrino, Dong Hyun Kim, Brock Lesnar, Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida, among others.

Duffee expressed his disappointment with having to withdrawal in a recent interview with Sherdog.com.

"(Withdrawing) was one of the hardest decisions I've had to make."

Duffee was looking to build off of a record-setting UFC debut, in which he scored an impressive and eye-opening seven-second knockout over Tim Hague at UFC 102 in August. The American Top Team fighter sports an undefeated 5-0 MMA record, with all wins coming by TKO or KO, and he holds a notable win over UFC fighter Assuerio Silva.

Like Duffee, Buentello was looking forward to the fight and is disappointed with Duffee's injury.

"It was a fight I was really looking forward to," said Buentello. "We really matched up well."

Buentello (27-10) returns to the UFC for the first time since a previous stint in the Octagon from Feb. 2005 to Feb. 2006, where he put together an outstanding 3-1 record with the promotion.

Buentello hasn't fought since defeating Kirill Sidelnikov at "Affliction: Day of Reckoning" in January. and is 6-1 in his last seven bouts. His only loss over that span came against Alistair Overeem in a bout that determined the first ever Strikeforce heavyweight title holder in Nov. 2007.

UFC 107 takes place on Dec. 12 at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn., and the main card airs live on pay-per-view. The event will be headlined by a UFC lightweight title bout between current champ B.J. Penn and top contender Diego Sanchez.

In addition, former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir will take on Cheick Kongo, and Kenny Florian and Clay Guida will face each other in a lightweight bout with fireworks written all over it.


my source said via email that it really wasnt an injury, but due to "random drug testing" that he pulled out.

[silence]

yeah it's too bad after that big hague ko but duffee is what, 22 years old? we'll see lots of him in the future

[Maximumpain]

Originally Posted by Storm

[i]my source said via email that it really wasnt an injury, but due to "random drug testing" that he pulled out.

I though the exact same thing when I first read the article that I posted in another thread.
http://www.mmatko.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2347

It just seems weird that he wouldn't disclose the nature of the injury.

[TFIHY]

Originally Posted by Maximumpain

I though the exact same thing when I first read the article that I posted in another thread.
http://www.mmatko.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2347

It just seems weird that he wouldn't disclose the nature of the injury.

wll, in all fairness, youre thread is about Alves, not UFC injuries in general or UFC 107 in general

[InnerStrength]

Come on guys, all Duffee did was train, say his prayers and take his Hulkamania chewable vitamins!


I mean it's not like he did Randy Couture's "11 minute work out for Bawdy Buy Jayke!"
If Randy promises that middle-aged men like him can get in the shape that he is in by using some bungee chords on a door a few days a week for eleven minutes then imagine what a young guy like Duffee could achieve on that system!?! ..and *gasp* what if he worked out for 12 minutes a day instead of 11? That would be like EIGHT minute abs!!!!!!




Specturdular.

[Steamer Bean]

craziness......fighters are dropping out of bouts faster than the leaves are droppin off the trees these days

[ZEBO13]

Originally Posted by InnerStrength

Come on guys, all Duffee did was train, say his prayers and take his Hulkamania chewable vitamins!


I mean it's not like he did Randy Couture's "11 minute work out for Bawdy Buy Jayke!"
If Randy promises that middle-aged men like him can get in the shape that he is in by using some bungee chords on a door a few days a week for eleven minutes then imagine what a young guy like Duffee could achieve on that system!?! ..and *gasp* what if he worked out for 12 minutes a day instead of 11? That would be like EIGHT minute abs!!!!!!




Specturdular.

Its seven not eight, seven monkeys swingin on a tree...

[AKIRA]

Shucks. I dont get to see someone beat up Buentello.
I understand why Dana brought him back, but screw him. I think its better to leave below average fighters out there for strikeforce to pick up.

[Shrigs]

Struve is actually supposed to be filling in for Duffee now. A decent match up, I'm not sure if Struve will be able to sub him or not. I think he's got a chance, it's your classic striker vs grappler fight thouguh.