UFC 312 is down a fight.
Just prior to the start of Friday’s official weigh-ins in Sydney, commentator Jon Anik broke the news that the scheduled opening prelim between HyunSung Park and Nyamjargal Tumendemberel has been canceled.
UFC 312 (pay-per-view, ESPN2/Disney+, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney and will continue with 12 fights.
Tumendemberel (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) weight issues were to blame for the cancellation. Neither he, nor Park (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) weighed in. It’s unclear what the promotion’s next move for either man is.
With the change, the UFC 312 lineup now includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Champ Dricus Du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland – for middleweight title
Champ Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez – for women’s strawweight title
Justin Tafa vs. Tallison Teixeira
Rodolfo Bellato vs. Jimmy Crute
Jake Matthews vs. Francisco Prado
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews/Disney+, 8 p.m. ET)
Jack Jenkins vs. Gabriel Santos
Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Tom Nolan
Bruna Brasil vs. Wang Cong
Colby Thicknesse vs. Aleksandre Topuria
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
Kevin Jousset vs. Jonathan Micallef
Kody Steele vs. Rong Zhu
Anshul Jubli vs. Quillan Salkilld
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