While the little guys don't always get a lot of love from casual fans, UFC 149 had so many problems leading up to the event that it is amazing the show even took place.
Champion Jose Aldo was set to fight Erik Koch until he fell to injury and the fight was postponed.
Yoshihiro “Sexyama” Akiyama was forced out of his bout with Thiago Alves, leaving the Brazilian to face Siyar Bahadurzada.
Then Alves himself was injured, leaving Bahadurzada to face Chris Clements.
Soon after the announcement, Bahadurzada was injured and Matthew Riddle was pegged to face Clements.
Heavyweight Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira was forced to pull out of his bout with Cheick Kongo, who was matched up with Shawn Jordan.
Meanwhile, Michael Bisping suffered an injury and Hector Lombard pulled out from his UFC on Fox match-up to take on Tim Boetsch.
Bibiano Fernandes was set to make his debut at the company, after negotiations with the UFC fell through, ended up joining One FC. That left his opponent, Roland Delorme, to face Francisco Rivera. James Head had to face Brian Ebersole after Claude Patrick came up injured.
It was a nightmare of a card from an organizer and a fan standpoint.
The show ended up with 230,00 buys overall.
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