The UFC 329 battle card has suffered a major setback.
The promotion is ready to cap off this yr’s Worldwide Battle Week with UFC 329 on July 11 at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas, Nevada. The extremely anticipated numbered occasion will likely be headlined by the long-awaited return of Conor McGregor, who’s scheduled to rematch former rival Max Holloway in the primary occasion.
With lower than two weeks remaining till the occasion, UFC 329 has misplaced certainly one of its scheduled bouts after rising bantamweight prospect Ethyn Ewing was compelled to withdraw from his matchup towards Farid Basharat attributable to an undisclosed harm. The information was first reported by the X account Greatest Battle Picks, which additionally famous that the UFC is already looking for a short-notice substitute to face Basharat.
Ewing made a direct affect in his promotional debut final November, scoring a surprising short-notice upset over beforehand unbeaten Malcolm Wellmaker at UFC 322. The 28-year-old Californian constructed on that momentum in his sophomore Octagon look, stopping the undefeated Rafael Estevam with a knockout at UFC Vegas 115 in April. “The Professor Finesser” at present boasts a 10-2 skilled file, with eight of his victories coming by knockout.
Basharat, in the meantime, was final seen in motion at UFC Vegas 113 in February, the place he edged out Jean Matsumoto through break up choice to enhance his excellent UFC file to 6-0. “Ferocious” stays undefeated as knowledgeable at 15-0, with notable victories over Chris Gutierrez and Victor Hugo.
UFC 329: Full Battle Card
Right here’s the up to date UFC 329 battle card following the newest modifications to the lineup:
Fundamental Card
- Welterweight – Conor McGregor vs. Max Holloway 2
- Light-weight – Benoit Saint-Denis vs. Paddy Pimblett
- Bantamweight – Cory Sandhagen vs. Mario Bautista
- Flyweight – Brandon Royval vs. Lone’er Kavanagh
- Light-weight – King Inexperienced vs. Terrance McKinney
Preliminary Card
- Gentle Heavyweight – Robert Whittaker vs. Nikita Krylov
- Heavyweight – Gable Steveson vs. Elisha Ellison
- Bantamweight – Cody Garbrandt vs. Adrian Yanez
- Featherweight – Luke Riley vs. Kai Kamaka III
- Girls’s Flyweight – Tracy Cortez vs. Cong Wang
- Middleweight – Damian Pinas vs. Cesar Almeida
- Middleweight – Ryan Gandra vs. Zach Reese
- Flyweight – Alessandro Costa vs. Cody Durden
- Bantamweight – Farid Basharat vs. TBA
