Rousimar Palhares replaces Luiz Cane against Yushin Okami at UFC 150

[Rich Davie]

by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Jun 18, 2012 at 2:55 pm ET

Another day, another UFC injury.

Luiz Cane (12-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC), who was expected to make his middleweight debut at August's UFC 150 event, has been forced to withdraw from a planned matchup with Yushin Okami (26-7 MMA, 10-4 UFC), UFC officials today announced.

Stepping in for Cane is Brazilian submission ace Rousimar Palhares (14-3 MMA 7-3 UFC).

Featuring a lightweight title fight between current champ Benson Henderson and former title holder Frankie Edgar, "UFC 150: Henderson vs. Edgar II" takes place Aug. 11 at Denver's Pepsi Center.

The evening's main card, which is expected to feature the new Palhares vs. Okami fight, airs on pay-per-view.

Palhares looks to rebound from a disappointing loss to Alan Belcher at May's UFC on FOX 3 event. "Toquinho" saw a three-fight win streak snapped when Belcher shucked off Palhares' signature leglock attacks and earned a first-round TKO in impressive ground-and-pound fashion.

Meanwhile, Okami looks to snap a two-fight skid after dropping back-to-back outings against Tim Boetsch and Anderson Silva. While Okami never was a threat in the title fight with Silva, he was leading comfortably on the cards over Boetsch when "The Barbarian" launched a furious third-round come-from-behind assault.

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(Pictured: Rousimar Palhares)

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[Drock]

Rousimar Palhares by Submission Round 1

[Stauffy]

I'm curious to see how Belcher shrugging off his leg locks effected him. If it exposed anything or not. Still, I think Palhares takes this one by Sub

[JAX]

Rousimar Palhares by Submission Round 1

by heelhook?

Palhares beats guys outside the top 10 with his heelhooks but likely won't catch a guy like okami.

Everytime Nog has a fight people come on and say nog sub 1 , but whens the last time Nog subbed a live body besides Tim Sylvia.

It's the same with Palhares.....Okami will take this fight.

[BluenoseGreig]

Better than the original fight I think, but Okami still wins this, decision!