Macy Chiasson is out of her bout with Ketlen Vieira.
Chiasson was alleged to face Vieira in a pivotal girls’bantamweight matchup subsequent weekend at UFC Seattle, nonetheless, on Thursday the promotion introduced that Chiasson was compelled out of the deliberate bout as a consequence of damage and the combat has been faraway from the cardboard.
That is the most recent in a string of bout cancellations which have befallen the UFC’s return to Seattle. Final week, former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz pulled out of a bout with Rob Font and retired from the game as a consequence of damage, and earlier on Thursday information broke that Edson Barboza withdrew from his bout towards Steve Garcia as a consequence of damage as effectively. On high of that, a heavyweight contest between Curtis Blaydes and Rizvan Kuniev was moved to the UFC 313 pay-per-view card on March 8.
It’s not all dangerous information for UFC Seattle although. Together with asserting the Chiasson-Vieira combat cancellation, the promotion additionally introduced a pair of bouts being added to subsequent weekend’s Struggle Night time card: a light-weight heavyweight contest between Alonzo Menifield and UFC debutant Julius Walker and a middleweight combat between Nursulton Ruziboev and one other UFC newcomer Eric McConico.
UFC Seattle takes place Feb. 22 at Local weather Pledge Enviornment and is headlined by a bantamweight contest between former champion Henry Cejudo and Track Yadong.