UFC 280 fight cancelled on the final minute

UFC 280 may have one much less bout on its combat card.

Just moments earlier than the early and legit weigh ins in Abu Dhabi, the UFC introduced that the featherweight bout among Zubaira Tukhugov and Lucas Almeida has been cancelled due to “weight control issues.”

The weight difficulty is reportedly on Tukhugov`s side, who formerly neglected weight in a 2020 bout as well. Tukhugov is a teammate of headliner Islam Makhachev, and the cancellation manner the previous UFC light-weight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov might be cornering one much less fighter at UFC 280.

The bout turned into alleged to take place withinside the prelim part of the event, which now drops the full fights at UFC 280 to 12.

One different fighter neglected weight at the UFC 280 line up, however the bout will push thru as scheduled.

The very last combat card for UFC 280 is as follows:

Main card (four p.m. on ESPN)

Lightweight championship: Charles Oliveira vs. Islam Makhachev

Bantamweight championship: Aljamain Sterling vs. T.J. Dillashaw

Petr Yan vs. Sean O`Malley

Beneil Dariush vs. Mateusz Gamrot

Katlyn Chookagian vs. Manon Fiorot

Prelim card (eleven a.m. on ESPN+)

Belal Muhammad vs. Sean Brady

Makhmud Muradov vs. Caio Borralho