The deck continues to shuffle on several prominent UFC fight cards since middleweight champion Chris Weidman withdrew from the UFC 173 fight card in order to have dual knee surgeries . UFC president Dana White on Monday confirmed to MMAWeekly.com content partner Yahoo! Sports that several late spring and early summer fight cards have been effected. The previous UFC 173 co-main event between former heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos and Stipe Miocic is taking over as the new The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale main event. UFC 173 takes place on May 24, while the TUF Brazil 3 Finale is slated for the following week. TUF Brazil 3 coaches Wanderlei Silva and Chael Sonnen were originally slated to headline the May 31 card in Sao Paulo, Brazil, but will now serve as the co-main event at UFC 175 on July 5 in Las Vegas. Weidman is still expected to recuperate in time to put his belt on the line against Lyoto Machida in the UFC 175 headliner.
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