A featured light heavyweight fight between Ryan Spann and Ion Cutelaba has been pulled from the upcoming UFC Vegas 49 card scheduled for Feb. 26 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.
Sources close to the situation confirmed the news when speaking to MMA Fighting on Thursday following an initial report from Eurosport.
Plans are underway to reschedule Spann’s fight at a later date. However, it is unlikely that Spann will be unable to train for a long time. There is no date yet for the re-booking but Spann and Cutelaba will both wait for the opportunity to clash after the matchup was scrapped from UFC Vegas 49.
Spann will be looking to return to the winning column after he lost to Anthony Smith in round one.
As for Cutelaba, the always-exciting light heavyweight from Moldova is coming off of a win over Devin Clark in his most recent appearance, which served as his first victory since 2019.
With Spann vs. Cutelaba over, UFC Vegas 49 will shuffle its main card. The headliner features two top lightweights from the world. Beneil Dariush faces Islam Makhachev in a possible No. 1 contender’s bout.
