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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Next month's UFC Fight Night 71 event in San Diego has taken another hit.
According to a report from MMAJunkie.com, Doo Ho Choi has been forced out of a fight with Sam Sicilia due to undisclosed reasons, leaving the organization in search of a replacement.
The bout was to serve as the featured preliminary card fight leading into the Frank Mir vs. Todd Duffee headlined main card. If a replacement is found, the event will be back up to 13 fights, ten of which are slated to air on Fox Sports 1.
Here's how the July 15 card stands as of now:
Fox Sports 1 Main Card (10PM ET)
Todd Duffee vs. Frank Mir
Al Iaquinta vs. Gilbert Melendez
Tony Ferguson vs. Josh Thomson
Holly Holm vs. Marion Reneau
Kevin Lee vs. James Moontasri
Matt Dwyer vs. Alan Jouban
Fox Sports 1 Prelims (8PM ET)
Sam Sicilia vs. TBA
Jessica Andrade vs. Sarah Moras
Manny Gamburyan vs. Scott Jorgensen
Masanori Kanehara vs. Rani Yahya
UFC Fight Pass Prelims (6:30PM ET)
Igor Araujo vs. Sean Strickland
Ildemar Alcantara vs. Kevin Casey
Andrew Craig vs. Lyman Good
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