Jason Gilliam to replace Drew Fickett at UFC 73

According to UFCJunkie.com

Chris "Lights Out" Lytle's opponent Drew "The Master" Fickett had to withdraw from their UFC 73 fight due to a knee injury.

It looks like Jason Gilliam "The Gizzard" will be his replacement. Gilliam made his UFC debut in March at UFC 68 losing to Jamie "The Worm" Varner in the first round at 1:34. Gilliam usually fights at 155 and this will be a Welterweight Bout.

The Card is as follows:

1. Middleweight Title bout: Nathan Marquardt Vs. Anderson Silva
   
2. Lightweight Title Bout: Hermes Franca Vs. Sean Sherk
   
3. Light Heavyweight Bout: Rashad Evans Vs. Tito Ortiz
   
4. Lightweight Bout: Alvin Robinson Vs. Kenny Florian
   
5. Heavyweight Bout: Heath Herring Vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
   
6. Welterweight Bout: Jason Gilliam Vs. Chris Lytle
   
7. Lightweight Bout: Jorge Gurgel Vs. Diego Saraiva
   
8. Light Heavyweight Bout: Stephan Bonnar Vs. Mike Nickels
   
9. Lightweight Bout: Frank Edgar Vs. Mark Bocek

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UFC News and Notes

It is a busy week for MMA, and coming tonight Art Euan and I will be recording a podcast covering some of this stuff.

UFC.com has a look at Josh Haynes Justin McCully Kenny Florian Drew Fickett and Heath Herring

You can start preparing for UFC 69 with some programming tonight on SpikeTV

Randy Couture on 'The Late Late Show'
Check out Randy Couture on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Wednesday night, April 4 at 12:35am ET/PT. The show airs on your local CBS station
so check local listings for Central and Mountain time. Randy will talk about his return to the Octagon and the upset when he gained the heavyweight belt
back from Tim Sylvia. Randy will also share some thoughts on the 5th Season of The Ultimate Fighter, UFC Fight Night and UFC69: Shootout.

NBCSports.com has a look at Matt Serra in preparation for his loss to Georges St. Pierre at UFC 69.

I'll be back with more later.

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