Josh Koscheck out of UFC 98 due to foot injury

by Zak Woods on Apr 3, 2009 10:18 AM EDT in News

Josh Koscheck was slated to fight Chris Wilson at UFC 98. The Wrestling Observer (via cagetoday) reports that Josh Koscheck sufffered a foot injury and won't be fighting at UFC 98.

Koscheck is recently coming off of a knockout loss to Paulo Thiago, at UFC 95. In the aftermath of that fight it was revealed that he was close to a title shot. Koshcek's bout with Chris Wilson was looked upon as a rebuilding fight.

UFC 98 is set to take place in Las Vegas and with Rashad Evans vs. Lyoto Machida as the main event

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Comments

I know nothing about the injury, but if it’s some kind of a stress fracture or something of that nature, does Kos’ frenetic fight schedule start to become a concern?

"I'm AJB and I endorse this nut-puncher."

by AJB on Apr 3, 2009 1:03 PM EDT reply actions