The UFC 275 main card has taken a hit.
Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that the flyweight bout between Manel Kape and Rogerio Bontorin will no longer take place on Saturday’s card in Singapore.
MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz reports Bontorin had kidney issues from cutting weight and is currently hospitalized. Bontorin’s hospitalization was first reported by Eurosport.
Kape is coming off of back-to-back knockout wins over Zhalgas Zhumagulov and Ode Osbourne. After emerging as a star in Japan’s RIZIN promotion, Kape lost his first two UFC fights by decision before defeating Osbourne at UFC 265.
Bontorin was originally scheduled to welcome Kape to the octagon at UFC 252 back in August 2020. However, Bontorin was forced to withdraw from that bout due to an ankle injury. Bontorin has lost three of his past four fights. In his most recent outing at UFC Vegas 46 in January, Bontorin dropped a split decision to Brandon Royval.
