UFC’s Saturday night card has lost a fight, as Askar Askar has been removed from a bout against Cody Stamann. Per a statement released by the UFC on Saturday, Askar was not “medically cleared to compete.”
The fight between Stamann and Askar was set to happen on the main card of an event at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Askar was set to make his UFC debut in the fight. He took the fight on short notice in place of Andre Ewell.
UFC’s upcoming “Fight Night” card is down to 12 fights in total now. Heavyweights Alistair Overeem and Alexander Volkov are set to compete in the main event of the show.
Here is the updated lineup.
Main Card (8:00PM EST / 5:00PM PST) (ESPN+ / TSN 5)
Bout 12: Alistair Overeem (47-18) vs. Alexander Volkov (32-8) (Heavyweight)
Bout 11: Cory Sandhagen (13-2) vs. Frankie Edgar (24-8-1) (Bantamweight)
Bout 10: Michael Johnson (19-16) vs. Clay Guida (35-20) (Lightweight)
Bout 9: Alexandre Pantoja (22-5) vs. Manel Kape (15-4) (Flyweight)
Bout 8: Diego Ferreira (17-2) vs. Beneil Dariush (19-4-1) (Lightweight)
Preliminary Card (5:00PM EST / 2:00PM PST) (ESPN+ / TSN 5)
Bout 7: Mike Rodriguez (11-5) vs. Danilo Marques (10-2) (Light Heavyweight)
Bout 6: Justin Jaynes (16-6) vs. Devonte Smith (10-2) (Catchweight 160 lbs)
Bout 5: Karol Rosa (13-3) vs. Joselyne Edwards (10-2) (Bantamweight)
Bout 4: Molly McCann (10-3) vs. Lara Procopio (6-1) (Flyweight)
Bout 3: Youssef Zalal (10-3) vs. Seung Woo Choi (8-3) (Featherweight)
Bout 2: Timur Valiev (16-2) vs. Martin Day (8-5) (Featherweight)
Bout 1: Ode Osbourne (8-3) vs. Jerome Rivera (10-4) (Featherweight)
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