UFC middleweight Kelvin Gastelum will not fight at UFC 273 due to an undisclosed harm, leaving South Africa’s Dricus du Plessis with out a fight – and little question a extremely pissed off man!
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Gastelum (17-8) was pressured to withdraw from his bout in opposition to Du Plessis (16-2) scheduled for Saturday, 9 April in Jacksonville, Florida, per UFC officers.
Du Plessis had already flown to the United States when the information that he wouldn’t be combating broke.
Additional sources advised ESPN that Du Plessis is not anticipated to stay on the pay-per-view occasion and might be booked to a later date.
The state of affairs represents an unlucky finish to a saga for each Gastelum and Du Plessis.
Gastelum was initially scheduled to face Nassourdine Imavov at UFC 273, however the Russian-French middleweight was pulled from the event as a consequence of problems together with his visa.
Du Plessis was additionally scheduled to fight at UFC 273, initially in opposition to Chris Curtis.
Curtis withdrew and the UFC changed him with Anthony Hernandez.
Then, when Gastelum misplaced his opponent, the UFC broke up the Du Plessis-Hernandez fight in favour of Du Plessis dealing with Gastelum.
Now, neither middleweight will seem on the card.
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Du Plessis joined the UFC over a yr in the past following stints underneath KSW and EFC banners.
The 28-year-old has earned finishes in each octagon appearances, knocking out Markus Perez and Trevin Giles at UFC Fight Island 5 and UFC 264, respectively.
The major occasion at UFC 273 might be a featherweight fight between champion Alexander Volkanovski and Chan Sung Jung aka ‘The Korean Zombie’.
Men’s bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling will face former champion Petr Yan in a co-main occasion rematch.
UPDATED UFC 273 LINE-UP:
Alexander Volkanovski v Chan Sung Jung – for featherweight title
Aljamain Sterling v Petr Yan – for bantamweight title
Gilbert Burns v Khamzat Chimaev
Mackenzie Dern v Tecia Torres
Ian Garry v Darian Weeks
Jairzinho Rozenstruik v Marcin Tybura
Aspen Ladd v Raquel Pennington
Mickey Gall v Mike Mallot
Vinc Pichel v Mark O. Madsen
Aleksei Oleinik v Jared Vanderaa
Anthony Hernandez v Josh Fremd
Kay Hansen v Piera Rodriguez
Julio Arce v Daniel Santos
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