Saturday’s UFC Vegas 100 co-main occasion was speculated to characteristic a bantamweight bout between Ricky Turcios (12-4) and Bernardo Sopaj (11-3). Each fighters made weight however UFC officers introduced that Turcios was pulled from the bout on account of medical motive.
The Turcios and Sopaj bout was already a again up. Earlier within the week, former champion Cody Garbrandt was pressured off the battle card on account of undisclosed causes. He was scheduled to face Miles Johns.
Now, the battle card can be one other co-main occasion. It is presumed that the middleweight bout between former two-division ONE Championship titleholder Reinier de Ridder and Gerald Meerschaert can be elevated to the co-featured slot.
The occasion takes place on Saturday on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. A welterweight bout between fifteenth ranked Neil Magny and rising Carlos Prates headlines the battle card.
