UFC on Versus 4: Nate Marquardt Fired From The UFC, Charlie Brenneman Faces Rick Story Instead
PITTSBURGH – Onetime UFC middleweight title challenger Nate Marquardt will not be making his welterweight debut this weekend.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has learned that Marquardt is a late scratch from Sunday's UFC on Versus 4 event, and opponent Rick Story (13-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC) now instead meets Charlie Brenneman (12-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) in the event's co-headliner.
With the late change, a highly anticipated heavyweight bout between Pat Barry (6-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and Cheick Kongo (15-6-2 MMA, 8-4-1 UFC) has now been promoted to main-event status.
The reason for Marquardt's last-minute withdrawal, mere hours before he was scheduled to hit the scales at the event's official weigh-ins, wasn't immediately evident. However, Marquardt's camp did tell MMAjunkie.com it is temporary and his future still lies at 170 pounds.
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