A lightweight bout between Yancy Medeiros and Damir Hadzovic has been given a new date, now being set to take place on June 26th. The booking was first reported by Farah Hannoun of MMA Junkie earlier this week.
The fight joins a card that is set to take place at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Medeiros and Hadzovic were first set to fight on May 22nd, although the fight was pulled on short notice due to Hadzvoic battling a sickness.
“I started to feel very ill, I caught a virus, [and] have been up all night with fever and sore throat,” said Hadzovic via Instagram the day the fight was scheduled. He later mentioned that his illness was not COVID-19 related.
Now with the new date, both fighters have the chance to end their currently losing streaks.
Hadzovic has lost his last two fights, not being favoured on scorecards against Christos Giagos and getting submitted within a minute by Renato Moicano.
Medeiros is on an even longer three-fight skid. His last appearance was in February of 2020, where Lando Vannata scored a unanimous decision win over him.
Heavyweights Ciryl Gane and Alexander Volkov are currently set to headline UFC’s June 26th event. Here is how the card looks currently.
Bout 11: Alexander Volkov (33-8) vs. Ciryl Gane (8-0) (Heavyweight)
Bout 10: Ovince St. Preux (25-15) vs. Maxim Grishin (31-9-2) (Light Heavyweight)
Bout 9: Anthony Hernandez (8-2) vs. Punahele Soriano (8-0) (Middleweight)
Bout 8: Tim Elliott (17-11-1) vs. Su Mudaerji (14-4) (Flyweight)
Bout 7: Michel Prazares (26-3) vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov (13-0) (Welterweight)
Bout 6: Raoni Barcelos (16-1) vs. Timur Valiev (17-2) (Bantamweight)
Bout 5: Michel Prazeres (26-3) vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov (13-0) (Welterweight)
Bout 4: Charles Rosa (13-5) vs. Justin Jaynes (16-7) (Featherweight)
Bout 3: Ramazan Emeev (20-4) vs. Warlley Alves (14-4) (Welterweight)
Bout 2: Renato Moicano (14-4-1) vs. Jai Herbert (10-2) (Lightweight)
Bout 1: Yancy Medeiros (15-7) vs. Damir Hadzovic (13-6) (Lightweight)
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