Matt Brown Injured, out of TUF main event against Kelvin Gastelum

November 3, 2015 Don Wilson

UFC veteran Matt Brown announced today that due to an ankle injury he has been forced to pull out of the main event of “The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 2” finals in Monterrey, Mexico.

Sorry to confirm the truth here. I apologize to @KelvinGastelum and hope the best for him. https://t.co/sB4q0UfKuH

— Matt Brown (@IamTheImmortal) November 3, 2015

With the fight only 3 weeks away UFC officials said today that they are currently looking for a replacement. Gastelum obviously still in camp has his sights set on Tyron Woodley

There’s an open invitation boss @TWooodley https://t.co/PGFXmWDW36

— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) November 3, 2015

But with Woodley currently awaiting a title shot due to Johny Hendricks not making weight for their planned fight at UFC 192 it seems unlikely Woodley would take up Gastelum on his offer.

The current UFC Fight Night 78 lineup:

Kelvin Gastelum vs. TBA
Ricardo Lamas vs. Diego Sanchez
Efrain Escudero vs. Leandro Silva
Henry Cejudo vs. Jussier Formiga
Erik Perez vs. Damian Stasiak
Bartosz Fabinski vs. Hector Urbina
Scott Jorgensen vs. Alejandro Perez
Gabriel Benitez vs. Andre Fili
Valmir Lazaro vs. Michel Prazeres
opponent TBA vs. opponent TBA – “TUF: Latin America 2” lightweight final
opponent TBA vs. opponent TBA – “TUF: Latin America 2” welterweight final