Bruno Silva is out of UFC 313.
On Monday, MMA Combating confirmed that Silva is out of his scheduled flyweight bout in opposition to Joshua Van at subsequent month’s pay-per-view. As an alternative, undefeated prospect Rei Tsuruya steps in in opposition to Van. Marcel Dorff was the primary to report the information.
At present ranked No. 15 within the UFC flyweight rankings, Van (12-2) had an lively 2024, competing 4 occasions and choosing up three wins. Most not too long ago, the 23-year-old prospect received a unanimous choice over Cody Durden at UFC 310 in December.
Tsuruya (10-0) was the flyweight winner of Street to UFC Season 2 and made a profitable UFC debut final yr with a unanimous choice win over Carlos Hernandez at UFC 303. The 22-year-old prospect was purported to face Stewart Nicoll earlier this month at UFC 312 till the bout was cancelled as a result of a Nicoll damage.
UFC 313 takes place on March 8 at T-Cell Area in Las Vegas. The occasion is headlined by a lightweight heavyweight title struggle between Alex Pereira and Magomed Ankalaev and encompasses a five-round light-weight battle between Justin Gaethje and Dan Hooker within the co-main occasion.
Mike Heck contributed to this report.
