The UFC has announced that TUF Brazil season 2’s William Marcario (11-0) has withdrawn from a UFC Fight Night 40 meeting will fellow Welterweight TUF 16 alum Neil Magny (9-3), who will instead tangle with the returning Tim “The Dirty Bird” Means (20-5-1).
Magny a member of the Grudge Training Center is 2-2 in 4 UFC bouts with wins over Jon Manley and Gasan Umalatov, sandwiching losses to Sergio Moraes (SUB) and Seth Baczynski(UD).
Means a former 2 division King of the Cage title holder parted ways with the UFC after back to back decision losses to Danny Castillo and Jorge Masvidal. “The Dirty Bird” has spent his last 2 fights in the Legacy FC cage knocking out Pete Spratt and Artenas Young.
UFC Fight Night 40: Cincinati takes place on June 10th at the US Bank Arena and is headlined by Matt “The Immortal Brown” taking on Brazilian Erick Silva.
