The UFC’s subsequent pay-per-view occasion suffered a serious blow on Saturday evening.
Throughout the UFC Mexico broadcast, play-by-play man Jon Anik revealed that the conflict between Carlos Prates and Geoff Neal, scheduled to go down on April 12 at UFC 314, is not on the docket after ‘Handz of Metal’ was compelled to bow out of the bout resulting from an damage.
It’s an unlucky blow for the occasion in Prates, who was set to make his fifth stroll to the Octagon after scoring highlight-reel knockouts in his first 4 appearances with the promotion.
Anik confirmed that Prates won’t get a alternative opponent in Miami, however teased that the promotion is cooking up one thing large for the extremely touted prospect out of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
In consequence, we’re left with a four-fight foremost card for UFC 314, although that may doubtless change within the coming weeks, both with the promotion including one other struggle to the occasion or just bumping up one of many prelims to the large present.
Even with Carlos Prates not competing, UFC 314 remains to be a banger of a card
Whereas Prates’ dismissal from the occasion is unlucky, we’re nonetheless left with 4 confirmed bangers, together with a featherweight championship showdown between former titleholder Alexander Volkanovski and No. 3 ranked contender Diego Lopes.
We’ll even be handled to an intriguing co-main occasion as Paddy Pimblett faces former Bellator MMA champion ‘Iron’ Michael Chandler in a struggle that would thrust ‘The Baddy’ into the light-weight high 10.
You then’ve obtained Jean Silva, who’s chomping on the bit to utterly smash the (most likely) clinically insane Bryce Mitchell.
