UFC fights lost to injury in 2012

The UFC has experienced a unprecedented run of fight-cancelling injuries in 2012, detailed below.

Heavyweight

Mark Hunt vs. Stefan Struve

Hunt out, Lavar Johnson in, loses.

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cheick Kongo

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira out, Shawn Jordan in (pending).

Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Roy Nelson

Gonzaga out, Dave Herman in, loses.

Rob Broughton vs. Ednaldo Oliveira

Broughton out, Gonzaga in, wins.

Light Heavyweight

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Alexander Gustafsson

Little Nog nog out with knee injury, Thiago Silva in, loses.

Thiago Silva vs. Mauricio Rua

Silva out, Brandon Vera in (pending).

Chad Griggs vs. Phil Davis

Griggs out, Wagner Prado in (pending).

Brandon Vera vs. Thiago Silva (rematch after first bout declared NC due to Silva’s failed PED test)

Vera out, Igor Pokrajac in

Silva out (to replace Nogueira against Gustafsson, where he lost).

Jorgen Kruth vs. Cyrille Diabate

Kruth out, Tom DeBlass in, loses.

Fabio Maldonado vs. Caio Magalhaes

Caio Magalhaes in after visa problems force Stanislav Nedkov out due to visa issues

Maldonado out, fight scrapped.

Middleweight

Mark Munoz vs. Chael Sonnen

Munoz out, Michael Bisping in, loses close decision.

Michael Bisping vs. Tim Boetsch

Bisping out, Hector Lombard in (pending).

Brian Stann vs. Hector Lombard

Stann out, and Lombard pulled to Tim Boetsch at UFC 149.

Vitor Belfort vs. Wanderlei Silva

Belfort out, Rich Franklin in (pending)

Wih Franklin moved, Patrick Cote in vs Cung Le.

Jared Hamman vs. Kyle Noke

Hamman out, Andrew Craig in.

Noke injured during fight, Crag wins decision.

Welterweight

Georges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz

GSP out, Condit in, wins Interim title.

Jon Fitch vs. Aaron Simpson

Fitch out, Kenny Robertson in (pending).

Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Erick Silva

Bahadurzada out, Carlo Prater in. Prater wins by DQ (strikes to back of head)

Thiago Alves vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama

Akiyama out, Bahadurzada in.

Alves out, Chris Clements in.

Fight is now Bahadurzada vs. Clements (pending).

Paulo Thiago vs. Mike Pyle

Thiago out, Ricardo Funch in, loses.

Rick Story vs. Rich Attonito

Attonito out, Papy Abedi in.

Abedi out, Brock Jardine in (pending).

Matt Riddle vs. Luis Ramos

Riddle out, Matt Brown in (pending).

Lightweight

George Sotiropoulos vs. Takanori Gomi

Sotiropoulos out, Eiji Mitsuoka in, loses.

Matt Wiman vs. Mark Bocek

Wiman out John Alessio in, loses.

Evan Dunham vs. Edson Barboza

Dunham out, Jamie Varner in, wins.

Paul Sass vs. Evan Dunham

Paul Sass, Nik Lentz in, loses FOTY.

Tony Ferguson vs. Dennis Hallman/Thiago Tavares

Dennis Hallman out, Thiago Tavares in,

Tavares out, Michael Johnson in, wins.

Yves Edwards vs. Donald Cerrone

Edwards out, Jeremy Stephens in, loses.

Paul Taylor vs. Anthony Njokuani

Taylor out, Rafael dos Anjos in (pending).

Cody McKenzie vs. Michael Johnson

McKenzie out, Shane Roller in, loses.

Aaron Riley vs. Cody McKenzie

Riley out, Marcus LeVesseur in, loses.

Featherweight

Jose Aldo vs. Erik Koch

Aldo out, Koch waiting for Aldo ot heal.

Leonard Garcia vs. Tiequan Zhang

Garcia out, Issei Tamura in, wins.

Pablo Garza vs. Josh Grispi

Garza out, Rani Yahya in (pending).

Robert Peralta vs. Mackens Semerzier

Peralta out, Daniel Pineda in, wins. Semerzier released.

Akira Corassani vs. Jason Young

Corassani out, Eric Wisely in, loses.

Bantamweight

Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber

Cruz out, Renan Barao in (pending, for interim title).

Eddie Wineland vs. Johnny Bedford

Wineland out, Mitch Gagnon in.

Gagnon out with visa issues, fight cancelled.

Mike Easton vs. Yves Jabouin

Easton out, Jeff Hougland in, loses for first time in UFC.

Jimmy Hettes vs. Steven Siler

Hettes out, Joey Gambino in (pending)

Byron Bloodworth vs. John Albert

Bloodworth out, Erik Perez in, wins controversial submission.

Johnny Bedford vs. Nick Denis

Bedford out, Roland Delorme in, wins upset.

Ken Stone vs. Edwin Figueroa/Francisco Rivera

Edwin Figueroa, Francisco Rivera in.

Rivera out, Dustin Pague in (pending; Pague will have fought twice in two weeks)

Azamat Gashimov vs. Alex Soto

Gashimov, Francisco Rivera in, wins UD.

Flyweight

Darren Uyenoyama vs. John Dodson

Uyenoyama out, Tim Elliott in, loses.

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