UFC 312 has misplaced an intriguing flyweight contest.
MMA Combating’s Mike Heck confirmed with sources with information of the change {that a} scheduled 125-pound bout between Rei Tsuruya (10-0) and Stewart Nicoll (8-1) is off the Feb. 8 pay-per-view in Sydney after Nicoll was pressured to withdraw attributable to harm.
The information was first reported by Eurosport.
Tsuruya additionally acknowledged the information on social media.
It’s unclear if matchmakers are working to maintain Tsuruya on the cardboard with a substitute opponent, however former UFC fighter Zhalgas Zhumagulov has volunteered his providers.
Tsuruya has had a positive begin to his MMA profession after turning professional in 2021. He’s at present 10-0, which features a unanimous choice win over Carlos Hernandez in his octagon debut this previous June at UFC 303. Previous to that, Tsuruya earned a UFC contract with a first-round TKO of Jiniushiyue in a Highway to UFC finale bout.
UFC 312 is headlined by a pair of title bouts as middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis meets Sean Strickland in a major occasion grudge match, and Zhang Weili defends her strawweight title towards the undefeated Tatiana Suarez within the co-main occasion.
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