Saturday’s UFC Vegas 100 co-main occasion was imagined to characteristic a bantamweight bout between Ricky Turcios (12-4) and Bernardo Sopaj (11-3). Each fighters made weight however UFC officers introduced that Turcios was pulled from the bout as a consequence of medical purpose.
The Turcios and Sopaj bout was already a again up. Earlier within the week, former champion Cody Garbrandt was compelled off the battle card as a consequence of undisclosed causes. He was scheduled to face Miles Johns.
Now, the battle card can be one other co-main occasion. It is presumed that the middleweight bout between former two-division ONE Championship titleholder Reinier de Ridder and Gerald Meerschaert can be elevated to the co-featured slot.
The occasion takes place on Saturday on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. A welterweight bout between fifteenth ranked Neil Magny and rising Carlos Prates headlines the battle card.