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UFC 176: Aldo vs. Mendes II was a planned mixed martial arts event that was scheduled to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 2, 2014, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Cancelled fight card
Fight card
Featherweight José Aldo (c) vs. Chad Mendes
Middleweight Ronaldo Souza vs. Gegard Mousasi [a]
Lightweight Gray Maynard vs. Fabrício Camões [b]
Women's Bantamweight Bethe Correia vs. Shayna Baszler [c]
Flyweight Jussier Formiga vs. Zach Makovsky [d]
Lightweight James Vick vs. Walmir Lazaro [e]
Middleweight Lorenz Larkin vs. Derek Brunson [f]
Lightweight Bobby Green vs. Abel Trujillo [g]
Lightweight Tony Ferguson vs. Danny Castillo [h]
Lightweight Beneil Dariush vs. Tony Martin [i]
Welterweight Alex Garcia vs. Matt Dwyer [j]
a Moved to UFC Fight Night 50
b Moved to UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. St. Preux
c Moved to UFC 177
d Moved to UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. St. Preux
e Moved to UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. dos Anjos
f Moved to UFC 177
g Moved to UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. St. Preux
h Moved to UFC 177
i Moved to UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. dos Anjos
j Moved to UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. dos Anjos. Neil Magny replaced Matt Dwyer.
Background
The event was expected to be headlined by a UFC Featherweight Championship rematch between the current champion José Aldo and challenger Chad Mendes. Their first fight at UFC 142 ended in a first round KO victory in favor of Aldo. However, on July 2, Aldo pulled out of the fight due to an injury suffered in training.
Subsequent to Aldo's injury, the event was cancelled on July 8, when the UFC announced they were unable to replace the original main event fight and with less than a month before the event, the decision was made to postpone the event – though the promotion said the numbering scheme for already scheduled pay-per-views after it, including UFC 177 in Sacramento on Aug. 30, will remain in consecutive order. The fights booked for this will be shifted to other upcoming cards.
The event will be the second time, following UFC 151 in August 2012, that the world's leading mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion will be forced to cancel an event because of a lack of a high profile fight to fill a main event spot.