UFC 186 main event cancelled after TJ Dillashaw suffers ‘freak accident’

Bad news

It was an eagerly anticipated bout, but we won't get to see Dillishaw/Barao II on April 25. The fight has been cancelled after the champ Dillishaw suffered a 'freak accident' resulting in a rib injury that rules him out.

First of all I want apologize to all my fans and everyone looking forward to this fight. I unfortunately had to pull out of the fight do to a fractured rib. Just a freak accident during wrestling practice. This is heart breaking to me because I was looking forward to this fight and never want to be a fighter having to pull out of a fight. I will heal up quick and come back as soon as I can. Thx for the support

A photo posted by tjdillashaw (@tjdillashaw) on Mar 24, 2015 at 2:08pm PDT

Rather than line up another fighter for Barao, the main event has been changed. Now it will be the flyweight title fight between Demetrious Johnson and Kyoji Horiguchi. Not as exciting a fight but what can we do. Also moved up the card is the match between the returning Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Fabio Maldonado, which becomes a co-main and the clash between Abel Trujillo vs. John Makdessi moves to the main card too. Dillashaw and Barao fought first in May last year, when Dillashaw beat Barao to take the title. They were due to rematch at UFC 177 but Barao had to pull out just before the fight with a medical issue. Now we will have to wait a bit longer for the two to square off again.