An impactful featherweight battle is not on the upcoming UFC schedule.
Former bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling introduced Wednesday he’s withdrawing from his bout vs. Movsar Evloev because of an damage. The three-round battle was anticipated to happen Oct. 5 at UFC 307 from Delta Heart in Salt Lake Metropolis.
“Sadly I’ve to interrupt the information I cannot be competing in Salt Lake Metropolis at UFC 307,” Sterling stated on his YouTube channel. “In sparring, I had an damage, not requiring surgical procedure, however I used to be suggested by the UFC medical workers that I will be unable to correctly compete on this wanting a turnaround.”
With Sterling (24-4 MMA, 16-4 UFC) out, it’s unclear if Evloev (18-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) will stay on the cardboard. Whereas he didn’t specify the damage, he shared a clip of himself from coaching the place sparring associate Jeremy Kennedy appeared to tweak his arm with a kimura try from the underside.
“I apologize to Movsar and his workforce as a result of, in fact, we’ve each been speaking, and I used to be actually wanting ahead to punching this man in his face,” Sterling stated. “So, Movsar, if you happen to nonetheless actually need to punch this good-looking face, I put the problem out to you to push the battle again and look forward to Daddy. I will probably be again quickly. We might presumably do that in December.”
I imagine God has a plan and is defending me to provide my greatest for @MovsarUFC. I want all my instruments for an opponent like Movsar and hopefully he’s keen to battle me once I’m healed up. Thanks to the @UFC medical workforce for looking for my well being and defending me from myself.… pic.twitter.com/9nJVf14mew
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) September 18, 2024
With the change, the UFC 307 battle card consists of:
- Champion Alex Pereira vs. Khalil Rountree – for mild heavyweight title
- Champion Raquel Pennington vs. Julianna Peña – for ladies’s bantamweight title
- Kayla Harrison vs. Ketlen Vieira
- Movsar Evloev vs. TBA
- Jose Aldo vs. Mario Bautista
- Roman Dolidze vs. Kevin Holland
- Joaquin Buckley vs. Stephen Thompson
- Iasmin Lucindo vs. Marina Rodriguez
- Carla Esparza vs. Tecia Pennington
- Cesar Almeida vs. Ihor Potieira
- Ovince Saint Preux vs. Ryan Spann
- Courtroom McGee vs. Tim Means
For extra on the cardboard, go to MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for UFC 307.
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