Kelvin Gastelum Pulls From UFC 195 Fight Due To Injury

The UFC announced on Tuesday that Kelvin Gastelum has pulled out of his scheduled fight against Kyle Noke at UFC 195 due to injury. Alex Morono will be taking Gastelum’s place.

UFC 195 takes place on January 2nd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. This is the first UFC event of 2016. Here’s the current card for the event:

Main Card (PPV – 10 PM ET/7 PM PT)

Welterweight Title Bout: Robbie Lawler (26-10, 1NC) vs. Carlos Condit (30-8)

Heavyweight Bout: Stipe Miocic (13-2) vs. Andrei Arlovski (25-10, 1NC)

Welterweight Bout: Alex Morono vs. Kyle Noke

Welterweight Bout: Albert Tumenov (16-2) vs. Lorenz Larkin (16-4, 1NC)

featherweight Bout: Diego Brandao (24-10) vs. Brian Ortega (9-0, 1NC)

Preliminary Card (FS1 – 8 PM ET/5 PM PT)

bantamweight Bout: Michael McDonald (16-3) vs. Masanori Kanehara (25-12-5)

Women’s bantamweight Bout: Justine Kish (4-0) vs. Nina Ansaroff (6-4)

Lightweight Bout: Drew Dober (15-7, 1NC) vs. Scott Holtzman (8-0)

Lightweight Bout: Abel Trujillo (12-7, 1NC) vs. Tony Sims (12-3)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass – 6:30 PM ET/3:30 PM PT)

Lightweight Bout: Dustin Poirier (18-4) vs. Joe Duffy (14-1)

bantamweight Bout: Joe Soto (15-4) vs. Michinori Tanaka (10-1)

Welterweight Bout: Edgar Garcia (14-4) vs. Sheldon Westcott (9-3-1)

We’ll have round-by-round coverage of this event here on MMANews.com on the 2nd.

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