🇨🇦 Canadian flyweight Malcolm (X) Gordon and welterweight Jesse (The Body Snatcher) Ronson have been added to the UFC’s Fight Island cards.
Canadian flyweight Malcolm Gordon and welterweight Jesse Ronson have been added to the UFC’s Fight Island cards.
The UFC says six fighters have been withdrawn from the cards after testing positive for COVID-19. All six were flagged before they left for Abu Dhabi. The July 15 Fight Night card, headlined by welterweights Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige, has seen four fighters drop out due to COVID-19. The co-main event between Pedro Munhoz and Frankie Edgar was scrapped earlier after Munhoz tested positive.
Welterweight Shavkat Rakhmonov has dropped out of the July 25 card due to injury. UFC newcomer Niklas Stolze steps in to meet Ramazan Emeev.
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