Anthony Hernandez Out of UFC Noche, Josh Fremd Steps in to Fight Roman Kopylov

Garrett Kerman

Sports Editor

August 24 2023 2 min read

Anthony Hernandez has been forced to withdraw from his UFC Noche middleweight bout against Roman Kopylov due to a torn ligament.

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Hernandez announced the news on Instagram on Wednesday.

“Last week I sustained an injury during sparring. After receiving my MRI results my team and I have decided to withdraw from my fight due to a torn ligament. Hoping to return to the cage as soon as possible! 🙏🏽

I’ll still be out in Vegas supporting and watching the fights! Fight shirts are still being released as if I was fighting, but good news is if you missed out on getting one, my website will be up and running tomorrow accepting more orders for a limited amount of time!”

Josh Fremd has been tapped to replace Hernandez and face Kopylov at UFC Noche on September 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

A.Hernandez out. Roman Kopylov will now fight Josh Fremd at #NocheUFC on September 16th. (per the Bay State Gangster @mma_kings) #UFC #MMA #UFCESPN #UFC2023 pic.twitter.com/hRRXvvlQDz

— Marcel Dorff 🇳🇱🇮🇩 (@BigMarcel24) August 23, 2023

Fremd is a 11-4 middleweight fighter who is coming off a unanimous decision win over Jamie Pickett at UFC Vegas 78. Kopylov is a 11-2 middleweight fighter who is coming off a head kick knockout of Claudio Ribeiro at UFC 291. This is the second time that this bout has had to be salvaged. Hernandez was originally supposed to fight Chris Curtis before a rib injury to Curtis forced Kopylov to step in for him.