Two heavyweights withdraw from UFC 310; one fight backfilled
Two heavyweight fights scheduled for UFC 310 have been impacted by withdrawals.
With Tallison Teixeira off the Dec. 10 card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas due to injury, Kennedy Nzechukwu has stepped into the lineup opposite Lukasz Brzeski. Additionally, after Martin Buday pulled out due to injury, his bout vs. Rizvan Kuniev was canceled altogether.
The promotion made both changes official Wednesday. Polish outlet InTheCage.pl first reported the Nzechukwu-Brzeski bout.
Nzechukwu (13-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) made his promotional heavyweight debut in October when he finished Chris Barnett with strikes in Round 1. The win snapped a two-fight losing skid.
Brzeski (9-5-1 MMA, 1-4 UFC) aims to turn things around after a knockout loss to Mick Parkin in March. The defeat came after his first career UFC win, a unanimous decision over Valter Walker.
With the changes, the UFC 310 lineup includes:
Alexandre Pantoja vs. Kai Asakura – for flyweight title
Ian Machado Garry vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov
Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov
Kron Gracie vs. Bryce Mitchell
Movsar Evloev vs. Aljamain Sterling
Dominick Reyes vs. Anthony Smith
Clay Guida vs. Chase Hooper
Eryk Anders vs. Chris Weidman
Michael Chiesa vs. Max Griffin
Themba Gorimbo vs. Vicente Luque
Cody Durden vs. Joshua Van
Martin Buday vs. Rizvan Kuniev
Bryan Battle vs. Randy Brown
Lukasz Brzeski vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu
Doo Ho Choi vs. Nate Landwehr
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 310.
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