Heavyweight Chris Barnett has been compelled off Saturday’s UFC Combat Evening 244 due to Hurricane Milton.
The UFC formally introduced Barnett (23-8 MMA, 2-2 UFC) received’t be combating Junior Tafa (5-3 MMA, 1-3 UFC) on the UFC Apex due to “points” associated to the storm.
The promotion didn’t elaborate on the precise points going through Barnett, who resides within the Tampa, Fla. space, which is within the path of Hurricane Milton, a Class 4 storm anticipated to hit Florida on Wednesday night time native time.
Barnett shall be changed by newcomer Sean Sharaf (4-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC). That bout was first reported by Code Sports activities.
With the change, the UFC Combat Evening 244 lineup consists of:
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
- Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira
- JunYong Park vs. Brad Tavares
- Grant Dawson vs. Rafa Garcia
- Cory McKenna vs. Julia Polastri
- Alex Morono vs. Daniel Rodriguez
- Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Josh Fremd
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)
- Jared Gooden vs. Chidi Njokuani
- Ramazonbek Temirov vs. CJ Vergara
- Jonathan Pearce vs. Pat Sabatini
- Themba Gorimbo vs. Niko Worth
- Sean Sharaf vs. Junior Tafa
- Dan Argueta vs. Cody Haddon
- Clayton Carpenter vs. Lucas Rocha
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