With Johnny Bedford out at UFC Fight Night 28, Hugo Viana awaits new opponent

Bantamweight Johnny Bedford (19-10 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has withdrawn from a planned UFC Fight Night 28 appearance, and opponent Hugo Viana (7-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) now awaits a new foe.

Bedford suffered a shoulder injury in training and was forced to withdraw from the bout. A timetable for his return wasn’t immediately established.

Featuring a light-heavyweight headliner between Glover Teixeira and Ryan Bader, UFC Fight Night 28 takes place Sept. 4 at Mineirinho Arena in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The evening’s main card airs on FOX Sports 1 following preliminary bouts that stream on Facebook.

The Bedford vs. Viana fight was scheduled for the evening’s preliminary card.

Bedford was looking to rebound from his first loss in the UFC, which snapped a three-fight win streak. At UFC 159 in Newark, N.J., in April, Bryan Caraway submitted Bedford with a third-round guillotine choke with just 16 seconds left in the fight. Ultimately, Caraway received a “Submission of the Night” bonus for his efforts. Bedford, a contestant on Season 14 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” had won his first two official fights in the UFC with stoppages of Louis Gaudinot and Marcos Vinicius.

“Wolverine” Viana, part of the first season of “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil,” was stopped by T.J. Dillashaw with a first-round TKO at UFC on FOX 7 in April for the first loss of his professional career. His first two official UFC fights were wins John Teixeira at UFC 147 and a knockout of Reuben Duran at the TUF 16 Finale.

The UFC Fight Night 28 lineup currently includes:

MAIN CARD

• Ryan Bader vs. Glover Teixeira
• Yushin Okami vs. Ronaldo Souza
• Joseph Benavidez vs. Jussier Formiga
• Piotr Hallmann vs. Francisco Trinaldo
• Rafael Natal vs. Tor Troeng
• Ali Bagautinov vs. Marcos Vinicius

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Hugo Viana vs. opponent TBA
• Felipe Arantes vs. Edimilson Souza
• Elias Silverio vs. Joao Zeferino
• Ramiro Hernandez vs. Lucas Martins
• Ivan Jorge vs. Keith Wisniewski
• Sean Spencer vs. Yuri Villefort

For the latest on UFC Fight Night 28, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.

(Pictured: Hugo Viana)