Richard Crunkilton Forced Off WEC 39 With Injury; Undefeated Newcomer Tapped as Replacement
Posted by Kris Karkoski on Feb 25, 2009 at 12:56 am ET3 Comments
Bart Palaszewski
Richard Crunkilton has been forced out of his WEC 39 matchup against Bart Palaszewski after suffering a knee injury less than a week before the lightweight co-main event was to take place on March 1st in Corpus Christi.
Ricardo Lamas, a 5-0 WEC newcomer, has been tapped to replace Crunkilton and face Palaszewski on short-notice, according to MMA Weekly.
Palaszewski announced that Crunkilton had been forced to withdraw from the fight during an appearance on “The Ground and Pound” earlier Tuesday.
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Looking forward to Sunday night… free fights back to back weeks, good stuff.
A selfish note, but I hate when fighters get injured so close to the fight date and I have to adjust everyone’s picks in our pool. On the card itself, can’t wait to see if Brown is legit or a “Serra”. IMO, Garcia will take the belt via choke. Hope Razor Rob gets back on track with a victory.
i will be there live, i wasnt lookin forward to this fight anyway so it doesnt hurt my mma feelings, i cant wait to see leonard bring back the gold to texas. oh by the way kris, do i get kudos if i hold up a MMAFRENZY.COM sign? lol :)