NIGHTMARE! Sanchez Joins Velasquez, Lauzon On UFC 180 Sidelines

Earlier this week it was revealed that UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was forced out of his UFC 180 main event bout against Fabricio Werdum. Prior to that, main-card fighter Joe Lauzon was forced out of his bout against Diego Sanchez with a knee injury, leaving his opponent, Diego Sanchez without an opponent.

Now it has been revealed by Sanchez himself, that he won’t need a replacement for the event, because he too injured his knee!

To all my fans I hurt my knee tuesday I tried to tough it out But it was worse than I had hoped a torn lcl… I'm very disappointed

— Diego Sanchez UFC (@DiegoSanchezUFC) October 24, 2014