UFC Vegas 97 is down a bout.
Promotion officers introduced Wednesday that Ovince Saint Preux has been faraway from his gentle heavyweight matchup towards Ryan Spann because of sickness. Consequently, the cardboard is anticipated to proceed ahead with a 12-fight lineup.
A one-time UFC interim title challenger, Saint Preux (27-17) had fallen on onerous instances in recent times however rebounded to win two of his previous three octagon appearances, sandwiching cut up selections over Mauricio Rua and Kennedy Nzechukwu between a 49-second knockout loss to Philipe Lins.
Spann (21-10) stays within the midst of a tricky run of his personal. The 33-year-old Contender Sequence product has dropped three straight bouts by the hands of Nikita Krylov, Anthony Smith, and Bogdan Guskov, the final of which ended by way of second-round knockout.
UFC Vegas 97 takes place Sept. 7 on the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. A welterweight matchup between one-time title challenger Gilbert Burns and Sean Brady headlines the occasion.
