UFC releases official statement regarding cancelation
However, before you guys get all worked up again, the UFC has also revealed that the medical reasons are not related to COVID-19. In an official statement, the promotion announced that Karl Roberson pulled out of the fight after failing to make weight on Tuesday. UFC also announced that the rest of the card remains unchanged with the main card featuring a total of as many as ten high-octane fights.
Roberson weighed in at 187.5 pounds, which is 1.5 pounds above the allowed limit of 186 for a middleweight non-title bout. Roberson and his team decided against trying to cut weight in the two-hour window they had to try and make weight for the fight. ESPN journalist Ariel Helwani took to Twitter to report that Roberson fell ill shortly after the weight cut but it had nothing to do with COVID-19.
UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira is the second of UFC’s three scheduled events in Jacksonville, Florida. Last week’s blockbuster pay-per-view UFC 249 marked the promotion’s return to action after seeing all of its scheduled events for the months of March and April due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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