The UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev combat card misplaced its third bout this week on Friday following the occasion’s official early morning weigh-ins.
Bryan Battle, The Final Fighter 29 Middleweight Match winner, was scheduled to face Nursulton Ruziboev in a middleweight bout on the UFC 319 Preliminary Card. He missed weight by 4 kilos tipping the scales at 190. The bout was slated to proceed at catchweight, nevertheless, it was later introduced that the bout had been cancelled.
It was the third time Battled did not make weight within the final two years. In his final combat, at UFC 310 final December, Battle got here in 4 kilos heavy for a welterweight bout towards Randy Brown. What made Battle lacking weight on Friday so stunning is he had moved up a weight class returning to the 185-pound division.
The combat cancelation comes on the heels of two different bouts falling off the combat card. King Inexperienced was pressured to again out of his light-weight match towards Diego Ferreira on account of harm. TUF 33 welterweight remaining between Daniil Donchenko and Rodrigo Sezinando was additionally faraway from the occasion after Sezinando suffered an harm.
UFC 319 takes place on Saturday on the United Heart in Chicago. The occasion is headlined by a middleweight title bout between champion Dricus Du Plessis and undefeated challenger Khamzat Chimaev.
Revised UFC 319 Combat Card
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Dricus Du Plessis vs. Khamzat ChimaevLerone Murphy vs. Aaron PicoGeoff Neal vs. Carlos PratesJared Cannonier vs. Michael PageKai Asakura vs. Tim Elliott
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, Disney+, 8 p.m. ET)
Eric Nolan vs. Baisangur Susurkaev Gerald Meerschaert vs. Michal OleksiejczukJessica Andrade vs. Crazy Godinez Alexander Hernandez vs. Chase Hooper Edson Barboza vs. Drakkar KloseDione Barbosa vs. Karine Silva
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, DIsney+, 6 p.m. ET)
Alibi Idiris (126) vs. Joseph Morales
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