Stephanie Luciano and Julia Polastri should wait a bit longer to make their octagon debut as “Rondinha” was compelled to withdraw from the all-Brazilian strawweight bout at UFC Vegas 88 because of sickness.
Polastri was first to announce the cancellation of the match on social media, and Luciano used her platform to disclose she is presently battling dengue fever.
A number of Brazilian cities have declared dengue epidemic in wake of a whole lot of hundreds of instances of the illness in 2024. Polastri residence city of Belo Horizonte declared emergency state and opened a short lived hospital after registering greater than 145.000 instances and 44 deaths because of dengue fever in 2024.
“I’m not feeling properly, with ache within the physique and joints, fever and headache, so my staff and I made the choice to cancel the battle,” Polastri mentioned on Instagram. “Sadly, we needed to cancel the battle. I do know lots of people was anxious to see me debut, and it was so shut already, however we will’t management this stuff. We will’t predict this. I’ll deal with myself, deal with my well being, and I need to battle as quickly as doable.”
Polastri flew to Las Vergas earlier than the cancellation of the bout however indicated on her social media that the UFC received’t discover a substitute for Luciano.
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