UFC 131 Fight Card: Court McGee Out, Chris Weidman in Against Jesse Bongfeldt

The winner of Season 11 of The Ultimate Fighter, Court McGee, has reportedly suffered a knee injury and has been forced out of his scheduled fight against Jesse Bongfeldt. The two fighters were originally expected to meet at UFC 131: Lesnar vs. Dos Santos, but MMAJunkie has reported that the fight has been canceled.

Franklin McNeil of ESPN has discovered that Chris Weidman has been chosen to replace McGee and fight Bongfeldt at UFC 131.

Weidman is coming off of an impressive performance in a decision win against Alessio Sakara in his UFC debut at UFC Live on Versus 3. Bongfeldt will also be fighting for second time in the UFC after fighting to a draw with Rafael Natal at UFC 124.

Despite the loss of McGee, UFC 131 is still shaping up as an event with many high-profile fighters. The event will be held at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada on June 11, 2011.

Here is how the card is shaping up right now:

Main Card

Brock Lesnar vs. Junior Dos Santos

Mac Danzig vs. Donald Cerrone

Demian Maia vs. Mark Munoz

Kenny Florian vs. Diego Nunez

Preliminary Card

Sam Stout vs. Yves Edwards

Dustin Poirier vs. Rani Yahya

Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Anthony Perosh

Michihiro Omigawa vs. Darren Elkins

Other Announced Bouts (Unconfirmed by the UFC)

Shane Carwin vs. Jon Olav Einemo

Chris Weidman vs. Jesse Bongfeldt

Joey Beltran vs. Dave Herman

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