Two Fighters Mysteriously Pull Out From UFC’s July 25 Fight Island Card
The UFC’s upcoming July 25 event on Fight Island has taken multiple hits for undisclosed reasons.
That card will be headlined by a middleweight tilt between former champion Robert Whittaker and Darren Till.
However, two welterweight fights will no longer be taking place on the undercard as Danny Roberts has pulled out of his clash with Nicolas Dalby while Shavkat Rakhmonov will no longer be competing against Ramazan Emeev.
The news was confirmed by MMA Junkie citing two people with knowledge of the situation. As of now, there is no replacement opponent for either Dalby or Emeev.
Roberts is coming off a knockout win over Zelim Imadaev in November and was originally set to face Dalby at UFC London in March until the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fight was rescheduled to take place on July 25 until now.
The undefeated Rakhmonov, meanwhile, will have to wait further to make his promotional debut. He was previously set to face Bartosz Fabinski at UFC London as well until the event was canceled.
Current Fight Island Card For July 25
Here is how the card looks as of now:
- Darren Till vs. Robert Whittaker
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Mauricio Rua
- Alex Oliviera vs. Peter Sobotta
- Alexander Gustafsson vs. Fabricio Werdum
- Nicholas Dalby vs. opponent TBA
- Tom Aspinall vs. Jake Collier
- Raphael Pessoa vs. Justin Tafa
- Movsar Evloev vs. Mike Grundy
- Bethe Correia vs. Pannie Kianzad
- Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Nathaniel Wood
- Ramazan Emeev vs. opponent TBA
- Jai Herbert vs. Francisco Trinaldo
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