UFC Vegas 20 loses popular strawweight bout on day of the fight
UFC Vegas 20 is slated to happen on Saturday in Las Vegas. The heavyweight main tournament between high contenders Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Ciryl Gane is soundless roar, however the UFC Vegas 20 fight card took a well-known hit on Saturday.
A highly anticipated strawweight strive against between the popular Angela Hill and Ashley Yoder become nixed the morning of the tournament.
UFC officers launched that Hill vs. Yoder become eliminated from the fight card because of COVID-19 safety protocols. MMAFighting sources indicated that the cancellation become on story of any individual in Yoder’s camp tested sure for COVID-19. UFC officers had not but confirmed the particulars of the cancellation.
The bout has already been rescheduled for the March 13 card that includes Leon Edwards vs. Belal Muhammad.
The Hill vs. Yoder cancellation become the most contemporary in a string of nixed bouts over the final three days leading up to the fights.
Officials released the following UFC Vegas 20 fight card update on Saturday while asserting the Hill vs. Yoder cancellation:
- Resulting from COVID-19 protocols, the females’s strawweight bout between Angela Hill and Ashley Yoder is being moved from this weekend’s card to UFC FIGHT NIGHT: EDWARDS vs. MUHAMMAD on March 13.
- Ramazan Kuramagomedov has been eliminated from his upcoming bout after it become deemed he become medically unfit to fight. Resulting from this truth, the fight against Alex Oliveira has been canceled.
- Resulting from a sure COVID-19 take a look at, the gentle heavyweight bout between William Knight and Alonzo Menifield is being rescheduled to UFC 260: MIOCIC vs. NGANNOU 2 on March 27.
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