Duane Ludwig Replaces Injured Sean Sherk, Fights Jim Miller on UFC 108 Main Card
The hits keep on coming for UFC 108 as former lightweight champ Sean Sherk, a recently tapped replacement for Tyson Griffin, has withdrawn from his UFC 108 main card matchup against Jim Miller after recently suffering a cut above his eye that required stitches, NWI.com and MMA Weekly reported on Thursday.
Duane Ludwig will reportedly return to the UFC to take on Miller at the January 2 event in Las Vegas.
Ludwig (18-9) went 2-0 in previous bouts in the UFC, defeating Genki Sudo by split decision in 2003 and knocking out Jonathan Goulet in just 5-seconds (officially 11-seconds) in 2006, making it the unofficial fastest KO in UFC history. Since ’06, “Bang” has competed primarily for Strikeforce, where he went 3-4 including back-to-back wins over Sammy Morgan and Yves Edwards in 2008 before losing his most-recent bout to Lyle Beerbohm in June.
Miller (15-2), a one-time IFL fighter who made his UFC debut in 2008, has gone 4-1 in five fights inside the Octagon, losing to 155-pound contender Gray Maynard in March but has most-recently won back-to-back fights over Mac Danzig and Steve Lopez.
UFC 108 is headlined by Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva and also features Paul Daley vs. Dustin Hazelett, Joe Lauzon vs. Sam Stout, and Junior Dos Santos vs. Gilbert Yvel, while the event’s Spike TV-televised prelims include Dan Lauzon vs. Cole Miller and Martin Kampmann vs. Jacob Volkmann.
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Pictured: Duane Ludwig
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Enough! Cancel it, just give me my money back!
Because Sherk was the reason to want to go to that show? Holy christ…I see 6 solid fights listed there.
He actually was one of the reasons I still wanted to see it, but this card is becoming more and more pointless.
I’d love to say I’m surprised but….even I can’t lie that convincingly.
well then.. not really sad about sherk but equally not interested in this fight at all… neither one of these fighters are going to make a run for the title
Are you serious? Rashad and silva have only had one loss and their out of title contention? I still want to see this card
he was referring to Ludwig and Miller not making a run.
That’s Sherk’s second time canceling a fight in a row.
This is getting bloody ridiculous.
Our modern day warriors just ain’t what they use to be! You’d swear these guys are made of glass. Maybe over-training is to blame, but these are professional athletes and should have mastered their training by now, especially with the camps they have.
SHEESH! Who’s next?
I’ve noticed that injuries are happening at an alarming rate in other sports too – Seems like every day on the highlight package there is players getting stretchered out. Athletes are bigger, stronger, and faster than ever (maybe all the steroids in food?). In contact sports like football and hockey this injury epidemic is evident too.
It’s a bummer that Sherk is out, but I’m kind of glad to see “Bang” get another shot at the UFC. He and Dana seemed to still be tight, even though he wasn’t in the UFC anymore, I hope he can make good on it.
Not the best mixed martial artist, but this guy’s standup is good and even funner to watch. Unfortunately I see Jim just taking him down and controlling the match from there. Sucks cause I really wanted to see “bang” slug it out with someone.
All of these cancellations are becoming pathetic. Some of these fighters should take a page out of Bas Rutten book…I cant help but to be very upset by this. Even though this was never really a strong card, I was excited for it because im a fan of Sherk, Griffin, Condit, A Silva, and Rashad Evans. Now only one fighter remains. Im going to be in Vegas that weekend and was going to buy tickets for this but thats out of the window. I wouldnt even invest PPV money for this… but o well, I will still like the UFC none the less but it seems the Rampage curse is still in full affect.
I’ve heard there’s even been some pressure internally at Zuffa to move this card to Spike, but as yet, they haven’t done so.