The UFC 320 misplaced the anticipated middleweight matchup.
The discarded matchup quartet undermined his return to Perth final week in promotion. Sadly, the cancellation bug seems to have raised an unpleasant head once more.
DWCS is an alumnus of Ateba Gautier and Ozzy Diaz and was scheduled to be squared off on this weekend’s characteristic spare. However that is now not the case after Diaz was harm from the match as a consequence of medical points.
“Hey guys, there are actually onerous information to share,” Diaz wrote on Instagram. “After cautious consideration, speaking to the group and medical professionals, I needed to make the heartbreaking choice to get out of this week’s battle. This isn’t a selection I believed I needed to make, however my well being and security should come first.
Diaz supplied no perception into medical points, however apologized to Gautier and the UFC for his withdrawal.
In keeping with stories from MMA Preventing, the UFC is searching for a substitute for Gautier and hopes he’ll keep on the cardboard.
After recording a second spherical knockout with Yulanite within the contender sequence final 12 months, Gautier is 2-0 with the primary spherical of KOS throughout the Octagon. Along with his latest look, the 23-year-old received a 70-second knockout of Robert Valentin at UFC 318 in July, extending his unbeaten streak to seven.
Here is how the remainder of the UFC 320 stacks:
UFC 320 Fundamental Card
- Mild heavyweight title match: Magomed Ankalaev (C) vs. Alex Pereira
- Bantamweight Title Bout: Merab Dvalishvili (c) vs. Cory Sandhagen
- Mild Heavyweight Match: Jiri Prochazka vs. Khalil Rountree Jr.
- Featherweight match: Josh Emmett vs. Youssef Zalal
- Middleweight match: Abusupiyan Magomedov vs. Joe Pyfer
UFC 320 spare card
- Middleweight match: Ateba Gautier vs. TBA
- Middleweight match: Edmen Shabajan vs. Andre Muniz
- Bantamweight Bout: Chris Gutiérrezvs. Farid Basharat
- Featherweight match: Daniel Santos vs. Yu Ju-Sang
- Girls’s Bantamweight Match: Macy Cheerson vs. Jana Santos
- Bantamweight Bout: Patchy Combine vs. JakubWikłacz
- Welterweight match: Puna Ere Soriano vs. Nikolei Bereten Nikov
- Welterweight match: Rams Brahimaj vs Austin Vanderford
- Girls’s Flyweight Match: Veronica Hardy vs. Brogan Walker
The cardboard that’s topic to alter.
