Fighters.com’s fourth-ranked welterweight Josh Koscheck (11-2) has confirmed that he will still headline Fight Night 16: UFC Fights for the Troops in Fayetteville 10 December versus ninth-ranked “Zenko” Yoshiyuki Yoshida (10-2).
Six weeks before that happens Koscheck will face second-ranked “Pitbull” Thiago Alves (15-3) at UFC 90 near Chicago 25 October. He replaces eighth-ranked “Nightmare” Diego Sanchez (19-2), who had to pull out due to injury.
“Yoshiyuki ‘Zenko’ Yoshida is fine with fighting Koscheck even though he is taking on Thiago Alves on Oct. 25th,” Yoshida’s manager Shu Hirata told MMA Weekly. “UFC only informed him that ‘maybe’ Sanchez if Koscheck is not healthy for Dec. 10.”
Yoshida had his last fight, scheduled for September, cancelled when “The Heat” Karo Parisyan (18-5) pulled out at the last minute.
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i like the idea that koscheck is fighting 6 weeks apart. i dont understand why most fighters are only fighting 2 maybe 3 times a year. 2 weeks to heal and 1 month to train thats all you really need to get ready for a fight. but then again what do i know. i can barely walk now as it is from not giving my body time to heal.