Macy Chiasson is out of her bout with Ketlen Vieira.
Chiasson was alleged to face Vieira in a pivotal girls’bantamweight matchup subsequent weekend at UFC Seattle, nonetheless, on Thursday the promotion announced that Chiasson was pressured out of the deliberate bout because of damage and the struggle has been faraway from the cardboard.
That is the most recent in a string of bout cancellations which have befallen the UFC’s return to Seattle. Final week, former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz pulled out of a bout with Rob Font and retired from the sport due to injury, and earlier on Thursday information broke that Edson Barboza withdrew from his bout in opposition to Steve Garcia because of damage as nicely. On high of that, a heavyweight contest between Curtis Blaydes and Rizvan Kuniev was moved to the UFC 313 pay-per-view card on March 8.
It’s not all unhealthy information for UFC Seattle although. Together with saying the Chiasson-Vieira struggle cancellation, the promotion additionally introduced a pair of bouts being added to subsequent weekend’s Battle Night time card: a light-weight heavyweight contest between Alonzo Menifield and UFC debutant Julius Walker and a middleweight struggle between Nursulton Ruziboev and one other UFC newcomer Eric McConico.
UFC Seattle takes place Feb. 22 at Local weather Pledge Area and is headlined by a bantamweight contest between former champion Henry Cejudo and Song Yadong.
