Milestone UFC Fight Night Card loses co-main event on weigh-in day

The centennial UFC Fight Night card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada lost its co-main event on weigh-in day.

UFC Vegas 100 takes place a week before the highly anticipated UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden and is headlined by a matchup between all-time welterweight leader Neil Magny and up-and-coming contender Carlos Prates.

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The card already suffered a significant blow when former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt was forced to withdraw from a scheduled co-main event fight with Miles Johns, and now the UFC has announced the replacement for the co -The main event between Ricky Turcios and Bernado Supaj was also scrapped due to a medical issue on Turcios’ part (h/t Nolan King).

Although it wasn’t the highest-profile co-main event, the bantamweight bout was a significant fight for Turcios as the The Ultimate Fighter 29 The winner has lost 2-1 in his last three fights as Sopaj looked to bounce back from the Swede’s knockout defeat to Vinicius Oliveira in his promotion debut in March.

The cancellation comes after both men successfully made the bantamweight limit on weigh-in day for UFC Vegas 100, where Melissa Mullins gained a pound in her women’s bantamweight bout with Klaudia Sygula and UFC newcomer Zach Scroggins had a brief three-pound opportunity against Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos.

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A main card clash between long-time UFC veteran Gerald Meerschaert and former ONE Championship titleholder Reinier de Ridder will likely move into the co-main event spot to replace Turcios vs. Sopaj, and unless there are more Surprise cancellations, UFC Vegas 100 will now continue 11 fights.

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