Welcome to the UFC: Anton Zafir

Queensland’s Anton Zafir is like most in the mixed martial arts community in Australia. His plans for next weekend have been set for a while, and they involve making the close to four-hour plane ride to Melbourne to watch UFC 193.Then he got a call Friday, and all of a sudden he needs to unload that ticket. Usually, that’s bad news, but in Zafir’s case, he will move from the stands at Etihad Stadium to center stage in the Octagon, as he will replace the injured Brendan O’