Russian lightweight Arman Tsarukyan, who was supposed to head the UFC Fight Night 223 tournament in Las Vegas on April 29, left the event card following the injured Renato Moicano.
The matchmakers of the organization could not find a new opponent for the Russian on a short notice, as a result of which the bantamweight bout between Yadong Song and Ricky Simon was announced as the new main event of the show, the confrontation of which had the status of a co-main event.
There is no information yet about whether the fight between Tsarukyan and Moikano will be postponed to another date, or whether the fighters will find new opponents.
25-year-old Yadong Song ended a three-fight streak in his previous fight, as the referee, on the recommendation of a doctor, did not release him for the fifth round against Corey Sandhagen, and 30-year-old Ricky Simon won five fights in a row, in the last of which he finished by choke with Jack’s hand triangle Shora.
Yadong Song and Ricky Simone are currently ranked eighth and tenth in the UFC bantamweight division, respectively.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/31323-arman-tsarukyan-pokinul-kard-turnira-ufc-fight-night-223.html?rand=19907
