The Ultimate Fighting Championship has today announced that Cole Miller (21-8) has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout with Irish superstar Conor McGregor (14-2) next month.
Miller was forced to withdraw after tearing ligaments in his right thumb and as a resulted the stakes for SBG fighter have now increased as McGregor now faces fellow ranked featherweight and the man who won season 14 of The Ultimate Fighter Diego Brandao (18-9).
Brandao steps in to face the brash Irishman after his 3-fight winning streak came to an abrupt end at UFC 168 when he was wrong end of a 1st round TKO loss to Dustin Poirier. The Brazilian will look to bounce quickly against McGregor who is making his first UFC appearance since suffering a torn ACL against Max Holloway in August 2013.
UFC Fight Night 46, takes place at the o2 arena in Dublin on Saturday, July 19th.
Updates UFC Fight Night 46 Card
Conor McGregor vs. Diego Brandao
Gunnar Nelson vs. Zak Cummings
Brad Pickett vs. Ian McCall
Tom Lawlor vs. Ilir Latifi
Neil Seery vs. Phil Harris
Norman Parke vs. Naoyuki Kotani
Tor Troeng vs. Trevor Smith
Cody Donovan vs. Nikita Krylov
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