UFC 254 is lower one of its main-card matchups.

Former ULTIMATE FIGHTER CHAMPIONSHIPS lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos announced Thurs night upon Twitter that this individual is out of his / her scheduled fight with Islamic Makhachev because of the positive test intended for COVID-19. UFC 254 is placed to get July. 24 throughout Abu Dhabi, United Arabic Emirates.

"COVID19 caught everyone huge time and the doctors lower me out, " 2 Anjos wrote.


Dos Anjos also wrote of which he left his property in California to coach in his native South america for this fight from renowned Nova Uniao around Rio de janeiro de Janeiro throughout a good effort to "restart" his career. But he's got no regrets about the decision.

"I came to help rescue my dream of being a success again, and that goal seemed to be achieved... none of this kind of was within vain, micron dos Anjos wrote.

Upon 무료 ufc중계 , Makhachev made it clear they wanted to be able to stay on the credit that is certainly headlined by way of his or her good friend and UFC light champ Khabib Nurmagomedov, which will look for unify typically the title against interim champion Justin Gaethje. Makhachev identified as out new UFC signee and former Bellator champion Michael jordan Chandler, who might be set to be in Abu Dhabi as a backup for Nurmagomedov vs. Gaethje.

Dos Anjos (29-13) had been supposed to be getting back to lightweight for this function soon after dropping four of their past five battles at welterweight. Dos Anjos, 30, was the ULTIMATE FIGHTER CHAMPIONSHIPS lightweight champion in 2015 and 2016.

Makhachev (18-1), a 29-year-old from Dagestan, Russia, has won half a dozen straight.