The main card was originally set to feature Nate Marquardt making his welterweight debut against Anthony Johnson. Johnson had to drop out with injuries so Rick Story stepped up to face Marquardt. Then yesterday Pennsylvania officials denied Marquardt his medical clearance to fight and the UFC immediately fired Marquardt from the promotion.
Now Pat Barry vs Cheick Kongo will be the main event. Charlie Brenneman steps in to face Rick Story -- Brenneman had originally been set to face T.J. Grant on the undercard, but Grant had to pull out due to illness a few days back. John Howard vs Matt Brown (Brown is yet another substitute, Howard was originally booked to face Martin Kampmann) and Matt Mitrione vs Christian Morecraft round out the Versus card.
The Facebook card features seven fights beginning at 6 p.m. ET. Fighters on the Facebook card include Charles Oliveira, Joe Lauzon, Joe Stevenson, Manny Gamburyan and Tyson Griffin.
