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Michael Johnson was scheduled to face Alexander Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “We were obviously disappointed by the cancellation, as Michael had At the UFC 324 post-fight press conference, promotion CEO Dana \u201cThat\u2019s what it is. Happened again,\u201d White said. \u201cWe got called A runner-up on Season 15 of \u201cThe Ultimate Fighter,\u201d Johnson has Michael Johnson has been on the UFC roster since 2010. | Getty\/UFC Michael Johnson\u2019s manager has released a statement regarding the cancellation of his fighter\u2019s bout at UFC 324. Johnson was scheduled to face Alexander Hernandez on Jan. 31 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. However, the lightweight contest was scrapped a few hours […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nJohnson<\/a>\u2019s manager has released a statement regarding the
\ncancellation of his fighter\u2019s bout at UFC
\n324<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nHernandez<\/a> on Jan. 31 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
\nHowever, the lightweight contest was scrapped a few hours before
\nthe event when online oddsmakers flagged the bout for irregular
\nbetting patterns. Both UFC athletes have been quiet since then, but
\nDave Martin<\/a>
\nreleased a statement to Yahoo! Sports<\/a> on Johnson\u2019s behalf. The manager
\ndid not specifiy what might have caused the fight to garner that
\ntype of attention.<\/p>\nHoping to Be Rebooked<\/h2>\n
\nan outstanding training camp and was fully prepared to compete,\u201d
\nMartin stated. \u201cThat said, we understand and respect the UFC\u2019s
\nresponsibility to protect the integrity of the sport. In today\u2019s
\nenvironment, particularly with the growth of regulated sports
\nbetting and heightened scrutiny across professional sports, these
\nmatters have to be taken seriously. We appreciate the open
\ncommunication from the UFC throughout the process and our focus now
\nis working with them to have Michael rebooked as soon as
\npossible.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nWhite
\nconfirmed that there were no chances taken<\/a> with the bout after
\nconcerns regarding suspicious betting activity surrounding a
\nmatchup between Isaac
\nDulgarian<\/a> and Yadier Del
\nValle<\/a> this past November.<\/p>\n
\nfrom the gaming integrity service, and I said I\u2019m not doing this
\ns\u2014t again. We pulled the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nbeen on the UFC roster since 2010. \u201cThe Menace\u201d has compiled a
\n16-15 record during his tenure and is currently in the midst of a
\nthree-bout winning streak. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"