Raul Rosas Jr. and Ricky Turcios gained’t combat at UFC Vegas 87 in spite of everything.
The bantamweight matchup initially scheduled for UFC Mexico Metropolis was scrapped on the final minute after Rosas fell sick and his group determined to drag him from the combat. Not lengthy after the combat was cancelled, UFC officers introduced plans to rebook the combat one week later at UFC Vegas 87 with UFC CEO Dana White saying the matchup would happen at a catchweight so Rosas and Turcios wouldn’t need to endure one other extreme weight reduce.
Sadly, these plans have now been scrapped.
Rosas and Turcios will now not combat at UFC Vegas 87 with UFC officers confirming the change of plans to MMA Preventing on Tuesday. MMA Junkie initially reported the information.
Whereas the combat has been pulled from UFC Vegas 87, there’s no phrase but if Rosas and Turcios could get rebooked once more for a later date.
It’s an unlucky flip of occasions for one of many UFC’s quickest rising stars in Rosas after he signed with the promotion when he was solely 17-years-old and debut after turning 18. Thus far, Rosas has gone 2-1 within the UFC and he was searching for a 3rd win till an sickness pressured him to drop out of the UFC Mexico Metropolis card.
As for Turcios, the previous Final Fighter winner additionally boasts a 2-1 document in his UFC profession nevertheless it stays to be seen if he’ll find yourself going through Rosas at a later date or await the promotion to seek out him a unique opponent as a substitute.
UFC Vegas 87 strikes ahead on Saturday with heavyweights Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Shamil Gaziev headlining in a five-round combat.
