The UFC 287 card lately suffered an enormous blow with lower than two weeks left earlier than struggle night time.
A welterweight matchup between perennial contenders Li Jingliang and Michael Chiesa has fallen by way of due to an injury. Jingliang initially introduced on the Chinese social media platform Douyin that he will not make it in opposition to Chiesa on April 8 due to a backbone injury that might require surgical procedure.
It stays unclear whether or not Chiesa has discovered a alternative for the UFC 287 struggle card. ‘Maverick’ hasn’t competed in a 12 months and a half and might be wanting to bounce again from a two-fight skid when he does. Meanwhile, Li Jingliang is coming off a controversial break up resolution loss in opposition to Daniel Rodriguez in September, making it three losses in 5 outings for ‘The Leech’.
The Chinese standout was initially scheduled to face Tony Ferguson at UFC 279 however was handed the worst deal in a last-minute reshuffling due to Khamzat Chimaev’s massive weight miss.
The UFC 287 card appears like this after the latest cancelation:
Alex Pereira vs. Israel Adesanya – for middleweight title
Gilbert Burns vs. Jorge Masvidal
Rob Font vs. Adrian Yanez
Christian Rodriguez vs. Raul Rosas Jr.
Kevin Holland vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio
Chris Curtis vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Michael Chiesa vs. TBA
Gerald Meerschaert vs. Joseph Pyfer
Cynthia Calvillo vs. Lupita Godinez
Luana Pinheiro vs. Michelle Waterson-Gomez
Steve Garcia vs. Shayilan Nuerdanbieke
Chris Barnett vs. Chase Sherman
Ignacio Bahamondes vs. TBA
Jaqueline Amorim vs. Sam Hughes
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