Fitch out vs Arron Simpson

Jon Fitch Out of UFC on FUEL TV 4 Bout due to Knee Injury









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Depending on how you feel about UFC welterweight Jon Fitch, UFC on FUEL TV 4 either just became much more interesting or just suffered a massive blow.

As initially reported by WrestlingObserver.com and confirmed by MMAFighting.com, Jon Fitch has suffered a knee injury and has been forced to withdraw from his upcoming bout against Aaron Simpson at UFC on FUEL TV 4. At this time, a replacement opponent for Aaron Simpson has not been announced.

It’ll be interesting to see who the UFC matches Aaron Simpson up with
now, as this bout looked like a pretty clear rebound fight for Fitch.
Jon Fitch was looking to bounce back from a disappointing 2011 campaign,
which included a disappointing draw against BJ Penn at UFC 127 followed up by the fastest loss of his career, a 12-second knockout loss to Johny Hendricks
at UFC 141. Meanwhile, Aaron Simpson will be making his welterweight
debut after his last effort saw him drop a split-decision to Ronny
Markes at UFC on FUEL TV 1. Before that, Simpson had won three straight fights at middleweight.

UFC on FUEL TV 4 will go down on Wednesday, July 11 in San Jose,
California. The event will be headlined by a middleweight clash between Mark Munoz and Chris Weidman. The co-main event of the evening will be a light heavyweight bout between Brandon Vera and James Te-Huna.

Fitch vs Ellenberger makes sense when he heals up.

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Quote :

"The rumors are true, I injured my knee. I have a partially torn ACL and I will be out about four weeks. I will have to pull out of my UFC fight on July 11 against Aaron Simpson. I apologize for that. I want to apologize to all my fans that I won't be fighting in San Jose on the eleventh. It's a big disappointment to me, but I'll be back soon and I'll be back strong. Thanks for all your support."

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Robertson debuted for the promotion back at UFC 126 in Feb. 2011, getting wiped out by Mike Pierce via technical knockout in round two. He rebounded with a spinning backlist knockout out of nowhere against Lucio Linhares at Fight Festival 31 late last year.

The Central Illinois Combat Club-trained fighter would like to duplicate that effort, if it's even possible, against the wrestling-minded Simpson on relatively short notice.