The UFC’s long-awaited return to Iowa is down a fighter after a scheduled mild heavyweight conflict noticed each fighters withdraw resulting from damage.
On Tuesday, the promotion introduced that the 205-pound bout between Junior Tafa and Tuco Tokkos is off the docket this Saturday at Wells Fargo Enviornment resulting from each fighters struggling accidents. Particulars concerning the accidents weren’t disclosed, and the promotion is anticipated to rebook the struggle for a later date, as soon as each athletes are good to go.
Tafa was coming off a second-round TKO victory over Sean Sharaf this previous October that snapped a two-fight skid. Tokkos, however, dropped a unanimous resolution to Navajo Stirling at UFC Tampa in December.
UFC Des Moines boasts some large names
The struggle card will transfer ahead with 12 bouts, headlined by a featherweight showdown between Cory Sandhagen and Deiveson Figueiredo within the night’s headliner.
Within the co-main occasion, former two-division ONE world champion Reinier de Ridder will search his third straight win contained in the Octagon towards the previous Nittany Lion and undefeated blended martial artist, Bo Nickal.
Rounding out the cardboard shall be former Miletich Combating Programs standout Jeremy Stephens, one-time UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate, and submission specialist Gillian Robertson. Take a look at the complete struggle card beneath:
Principal Card (ESPN 2 & ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET)
Cory Sandhagen vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
Reinier de Ridder vs. Bo Nickal
Daniel Rodriguez vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio
Montel Jackson vs. Daniel Marcos
Cameron Smotherman vs. Serhiy Sidey
Jeremy Stephens vs. Mason Jones
Preliminary Card (ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET)
Miesha Tate vs. Yana Santos
Ryan Loder vs. Azamat Bekoev
Marina Rodriguez vs. Gillian Robertson
Gaston Bolanos vs. Quang Le
Don’Story Mayes vs. Thomas Petersen
Juliana Miller vs. Ivana Petrovic
Card topic to alter.
