The South Korean nokauter will meet Tarek Saffedin in the principal event of UFC Fight Night 34.
The first UFC tournament in South East Asia suffers notable changes: the headliner of UFC Fight Night 34 which will pass on January 4 in Singapore, Jack Ellenberger is removed from performance because of an injury which character doesn't reveal, Hyun Gu Lim becomes Tarek Saffedin's new rival. Information arrived today from an anonymous source of the close to a situation and isn't confirmed yet by officials of UFC.
Saffedin (14-3) of this fight debuts in the organization, after a year pause from the moment of the last performance in which it sensationally selected a belt of the champion of Strikeforce in a light-middleweight weight at Nathe Markuardta, having become history, as the last champion of the organization. It was expected that Robbie Louler (fight was scheduled on July) becomes Tarek's first rival in октагоне, but Saffedin was traumatized and left a duel.
Lim (12-3) debuted in UFC in March of this year. Having sent to Marcelo Gimarayesh's knockout, and then Pascal Kraus, the Korean prolonged the advantageous series begun in 2010, to seven early victories in a row.
On UFC Fight Night 34 Lim prepared for fight with Kiichi Kunimoto which, also, is expected now by change of the rival.
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