UFC Des Moines takes place on Saturday and days earlier than the occasion at Wells Fargo Area, the struggle card misplaced a bout.
Mild heavyweights Junior Tafa and Tuco Tokkos have been scheduled to conflict this weekend however accidents to each fighters pressured the struggle promotion to scrap the matchup. Bert MMA first reported Tokkos’ harm.
The UFC stated on Wednesday that it intenders to rebook the struggle for a later date however didn’t element what accidents Tafa and Tokkos suffered. The struggle card will now function 12 bouts.
UFC Des Moines is headlined by a bantamweight bout between No. 4 ranked Cory Sandhagen (17-5) and No. 5 ranked Deiveson Figueiredo (24-4-1).
Each fighters will entered Saturday’s essential occasion coming off a loss. Sandhagen misplaced to Umar Nurmagomedov by way of unanimous resolution final August. The loss snapped a three-fight successful streak.
Figueiredo, a former two-time flyweight champion, was defeated by former bantamweight titleholder Petr Yan in his final struggle. He moved as much as the 135-pound weight class after shedding the flyweight title in January 2023. He reeled off three consecutive wins earlier than shedding to Yan.
Up to date UFC Des Moines Combat Card
Cory Sandhagen vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
Reinier de Ridder vs. Bo Nickal
Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Daniel Rodriguez
Montel Jackson vs. Daniel Marcos
Serhiy Sidey vs. Cameron Smotherman
Mason Jones vs. Jeremy Stephens
Yana Santos vs. Miesha Tate
Azamat Bekoev vs. Ryan Loder
Gillian Robertson vs. Marina Rodriguez
Gaston Bolanos vs. Quang Le
Don’Story Mayes vs. Thomas Petersen
Juliana Miller vs. Ivana Petrovic
