UFC 270 took another hit.
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MMA Fighting confirmed that a bout between Ilia Topuria (featherweight) and Charles Jourdain was canceled from Saturday’s Honda Center event in Anaheim. This is due to Topuria’s weight loss. Eurosport Espana first reported the change.
This news comes shortly after it was reported that a middleweight bout between Rodolfo Vieira and Wellington Turman has also been cancelled.
Topuria was to make his fourth UFC appearance after scoring victories in his first three appearances for the promotion. “El Matador” is 11-0 as a pro and is coming off of back-to-back knockout victories, including a first-round finish of Ryan Hall in his most recent outing at UFC 264 in July.
Originally, Topuria was scheduled to fight fellow undefeated featherweight Movsar Evloev on Saturday, but Evloev withdrew for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Jourdain on just 10 days’ notice. Jourdain is coming off of a 2-1 campaign in 2021 where he sandwiched a loss to Julian Erosa with wins against Andre Ewell and Marcelo Rojo.
UFC 270 will continue with 11 schedule bouts. Francis Ngannou fights Ciryl Gane in a heavyweight championship unification bout in the main event and Brandon Moreno defends his flyweight title against rival Deiveson Figueiredo in the co-main event.
