Evan Dunham injured, out of UFC 132 bout with George Sotiropoulos

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

UFC lightweight Evan Dunham has suffered an injury in training and has been forced out of a bout with George Sotiropoulos at UFC 132 in July, according to a report from MMAJunkie.com.

Per the report, Sotiropoulos is expected to stay on the card, and the UFC is searching for a replacement opponent.

Dunham would have been out to bounce back from consecutive losses in his last two fights, a close decision to Sean Sherk and a TKO loss to Melvin Guillard in January. There's no word on what the nature of the injury is at this point.

Sotiropoulos is looking to get back on track himself after suffering his first loss in the Octagon in February. He began his UFC career with seven straight wins before dropping a decision to Dennis Siver at UFC 127 in Australia.

UFC 132 is expected to take place from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, headlined by a UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between Urijah Faber and Dominick Cruz.

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Penick's Analysis: Because of how stacked the lightweight division I've got no doubt the UFC will find a solid replacement opponent to meet Sotiropoulos, but the loss of Dunham in this fight is definitely unfortunate. This was a huge fight for both guys because of their recent losses, and it would have meant a huge win for Dunham had he been able to get past GSots. Sotiropoulos will still be in a featured fight, though, it's just a matter of finding the solid replacement here in the next couple of weeks.

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