UFC 316 has skilled a minor shakeup with the occasion a little bit over one week away.
Uros Medic introduced Thursday by way of Instagram that he has pulled out of his welterweight bout towards Khaos Williams, which was to happen on June 7 at Prudential Middle in Newark, N.J. The fighter cited well being points as the rationale for his withdrawal as he has been battling a sinus an infection.
Learn Medic’s assertion beneath.
Hey everybody
I needed to share that my staff and I needed to make the robust choice to withdraw from my upcoming struggle because of some well being points I’ve been coping with behind the scenes.
I’ve been battling a cussed sinus an infection that affected my coaching respiration and restoration, that finally needed to be handled with antibiotics.
It wasn’t a straightforward name to make, however out of respect for the game, my staff, and also you guys, I do know that is the fitting transfer.
I’ll be again as quickly as I’m absolutely wholesome.
Each Medic and Williams have been aiming to bounce again from poor begins to their 2025 campaigns. Medic (10-3) suffered a 31-second knockout by the hands of Punahele Soriano this previous January, whereas Williams (15-4) noticed a two-fight win streak snapped when he was submitted by Gabriel Bonfim in February.
In an odd twist, UFC newcomer Albert Tadevosyan (13-3-1) was anticipated to step in to switch Medic to struggle Williams, in response to a report by Eurosport later confirmed by MMA Combating’s Mike Heck. Nevertheless, on Friday , Tadevosyan introduced by way of Instagram he is not going to be preventing on June 7 in any case because of a difficulty with finishing his physicals.
See Tadevosyan’s message beneath.
It isn’t but recognized if officers will strive once more to discover a new opponent for Williams.
UFC 316 is headlined by a pair of title fights, as males’s bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili defends his title in a rematch towards Sean O’Malley in the principle occasion, and Julianna Peña defends her ladies’s bantamweight title towards Kayla Harrison within the co-main occasion.
