UFC 313 has misplaced a Brazil vs. Brazil heavyweight conflict on account of damage.
Vitor Petrino, who was shifting up from mild heavyweight to face Jhonata Diniz on March 8 in Las Vegas, suffered a lateral epicondylitis in each elbows and might be compelled to keep away from coaching for no less than three weeks.
It’s nonetheless unclear if Diniz will get a brand new opponent for the pay-per-view occasion. MMA Preventing confirmed the information following a report by Ag. Fight.
Petrino (11-2) was trying to get again on monitor after dropping twice at mild heavyweight, with stoppage losses to Anthony Smith and Dustin Jacoby. These setbacks have been the primary for Petrino following an 11-0 profession begin with 4 straight wins contained in the group.
Diniz (8-1) was scheduled to face Derrick Lewis in early November, however as an alternative fought Marcin Tybura later that month, happening to endure his first MMA defeat by way of physician stoppage. Diniz was 2-0 within the UFC previous to that, defeating Austen Lane and Karl Williams.
The UFC introduced Saturday that Alex Pereira headlines UFC 313 in a lightweight heavyweight title protection in opposition to Magomed Ankalaev, whereas Justin Gaethje faces Dan Hooker in a five-round light-weight co-main occasion.
Take a look at the up to date UFC 313 line-up under.
