LAS VEGAS – Being mistakenly announced out of your first UFC headliner is probably not the type of situation that a fighter wants to be dealing with during his final weeks of preparation. Yet, that’s where Brad Tavares found himself earlier this month after UFC President Dana White said a broken foot had ruled him out of his The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale bout with Israel Adesanya . Tavares, as it turns out, is fine to compete – and information that said otherwise, he clarified at the time, was simply a result of “miscommunication and misinformation. ” Still, the UFC decided not to take any chances.
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TUF 27 Finale headliner Brad Tavares talks (non?) injury, ‘delusional’ Israel Adesanya – MMA Junkie