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NOGUEIRA OUT; JORDAN IN AT UFC 149

By David Tees on 6/17/2012 5:21 PM

With his broken arm not fully healed, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira has been pulled from a UFC 149 fight against Cheick Kongo and he will be replaced by Shawn Jordan. Jordan is currently undefeated in UFC competition, having defeated Oli Thompson by TKO at UFC On FX II. Kongo enters the fight looking to rebound from a UFC 144 loss to Mark Hunt, which ended a two fight winning streak. UFC 149 takes place on July 21st at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with Urijah Faber and Renan Barao headlining.