UFC 316 has skilled a minor shakeup with the occasion slightly over one week away.
Uros Medic introduced Thursday by way of Instagram that he has pulled out of his welterweight bout in opposition to Khaos Williams, which was to happen on June 7 at Prudential Middle in Newark, N.J. The fighter cited well being points as the explanation 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 powerful resolution to withdraw from my upcoming struggle as a consequence 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 ultimately needed to be handled with antibiotics.
It wasn’t a simple 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 had 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 interchange Medic to struggle Williams, in keeping with a report by Eurosport later confirmed by MMA Preventing’s Mike Heck. Nevertheless, on Friday , Tadevosyan introduced by way of Instagram he is not going to be combating on June 7 in spite of everything as a consequence of a problem with finishing his physicals.
See Tadevosyan’s message beneath.
It’s not 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 in opposition to Sean O’Malley in the primary occasion, and Julianna Peña defends her girls’s bantamweight title in opposition to Kayla Harrison within the co-main occasion.
