Despite UFC President Dana White announcing the veteran fighter has a broken foot and is out of The Ultimate fighter 27 Finale headliner, Brad Tavares is going to try to push through an injury and fight Israel Adesanya . If Tavares (17-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) can’t fight, though, the UFC is going to be prepared with a backup; Thiago “Marreta” Santos (17-6 MMA, 9-5 UFC) has agreed to do the duty, his manager confirmed to MMAjunkie following an initial report from MMAFighting.com . The TUF 27 Finale takes place July 6 at Pearl Theater in Las Vegas. The middleweight bout between Tavares and Adesanya (13-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) headlines the FS1-televised card following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass. Earlier this month, White said that Tavares hurt his foot in training and would not be able to fight. Shortly after, though, Tavares chalked up the situation to “miscommunication and misinformation” and said he was 100 percent planning to fight Adesanya.
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Thiago Santos heading to Vegas for possible TUF 27 Finale replacement headliner – MMA Junkie