Tonight’s UFC Combat Night time card in Mexico Metropolis will go forward with out the middleweight matchup between Joe Pyfer and Kelvin Gastelum.
This month’s UFC 313 pay-per-view served as a reminder that no bout is nice to go till the cage door closes behind each athletes, with two fights falling by means of simply hours earlier than the cardboard.
And the curse has struck once more, this time in Mexico.
After each making weight and dealing with off on Friday, Joe Pyfer and Kelvin Gastelum will now not throw down contained in the Octagon after the previous was struck down by sickness.
The promotion introduced the information Saturday, marking a large blow to the March 29 lineup at Enviornment CDMX.
It stays to be seen whether or not the UFC will reschedule the matchup for a later date. It was slated to function Gastelum’s return to middleweight after a failed stint again at 170 kilos, which most just lately noticed his win over Daniel Rodriguez marred by a weight miss.
Pyfer, in the meantime, should wait to proceed his momentum within the division. After falling brief in his maiden primary occasion in opposition to Jack Hermansson, “Bodybagz” bounced again emphatically by knocking out Marc-André Barriault final July.
