UFC 321 misplaced a battle simply hours earlier than the occasion’s weigh-ins on Friday morning.
Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane each made weight for his or her heavyweight title conflict, which headlines the Abu Dhabi invoice on Saturday night time, however two fighters by no means even made it to the scales.
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Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady, 30, was set to satisfy Matheus Camilo, 24, within the light-weight division at Etihad Enviornment this weekend, however the battle has now been scrapped.
Al-Selwady emerged by Dana White’s Contender Collection in August 2023, and, after accidents saved him out and in of the fitness center, was coming into UFC 321 on the again of a profitable debut in Las Vegas 19 months in the past.
Camilo, in the meantime, was additionally making his second UFC look, however aiming to bounce again from a second-round submission defeat to Gabe Inexperienced in his debut 5 months in the past.
Nonetheless, the Brazilian, who’s 9-3 in his professional MMA profession, should wait to make his second Octagon stroll after information emerged that Al-Selwady had pulled out as a consequence of private causes.
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“It’s written, and I can’t query it,” Al-Selwady, 15-4, wrote on Thursday night time through Fb.
“All I do know is I used to be absolutely ready, greatest camp of my profession, on weight and able to go.
“It couldn’t have gone any higher, and Allah didn’t have it deliberate for me.
“Inshallah, it should all be cleared quickly. Don’t ask me as a result of I actually don’t know. Maktoub.”
Though Camilo was raring to go for UFC 321, the late withdrawal from Al-Selwady means he is not going to be handed a brand new opponent for the cardboard.
Camilo’s staff had travelled over 20 hours from america to make it to the UAE’s capital, solely to be instructed simply earlier than the weigh-ins that his battle was now not going forward.
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This left Camilo’s esteemed coach Eric Nicksick unsurprisingly annoyed, however fortunately, UFC bosses have instantly rebooked the light-weight to battle in November.
“20+ hours of journey to Abu Dhabi, solely to search out out Matheus’ opponent wasn’t going to make the scales this morning (allegedly),” Nicksick wrote on Instagram.
“Enormous due to the UFC for getting us rebooked for a November card and placing collectively the quickest turnaround flight of all time. Again to the States I am going!”
Who else is combating at UFC 321?
All however two athletes scheduled to compete at UFC 321 made weight on Friday morning.
Aspinall and Gane made their heavyweight title conflict official after Mackenzie Dern and Virna Jandiroba had carried out the identical for his or her girls’s strawweight title co-main occasion.
Stars like Umar Nurmagomedov, Alexander Volkov, Aleksandar Rakic, and Nathaniel Wooden had been additionally profitable in making weight.
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Wooden’s opponent, Jose Delgado, got here in at 1lb over the featherweight restrict for his battle, whereas Azat Maksum forfeited 30 per cent of his purse for lacking weight by 3lbs for his flyweight bout with Mitch Raposo.
UK followers can watch UFC 321 in prime time, with the primary card anticipated to get underway at 7 pm stay on TNT Sports activities Field Workplace.