UFC Paris Hit With Several Late-Notice Cancellations as Fighters Withdraw
UFC Paris has faced two late-notice cancellations as Lucas Almeida and Muin Gafurov have each dropped out of their respective bouts.
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Almeida was scheduled to face William Gomis on the main card, but announced on August 28 that the fight is cancelled. Gomis will now take on Yanis Ghemmouri at 145 lbs.
Gafurov was slated to face Taylor Lapilus on the prelims, but Gafurov was forced to withdraw citing Visa issues. Lapilus will now face Caolan Loughran at 135 lbs.
Ghemmouri and Loughran were originally scheduled to face each other as the opening bout for the main card; the fight has been split in half with each fighter facing new opponents.
Here is the new bout order for UFC Paris (subject to change):
- Farid Basharat (10-0-0) vs. Kleydson Rodrigues (8-2-0) - Bantamweight
- Ange Loosa (9-3-0) vs. Rhys McKee (10-4-1) - Welterweight
- Nora Cornolle (6-1-0) vs. Joselyne Edwards (13-4-0) - Bantamweight
- Zarah Fairn dos Santos (6-5-0) vs. Jacqueline Cavalcanti (5-1-0) - Bantamweight
- Taylor Lapilus (18-3-0) vs. Caolan Loughran (8-0-0) - Bantamweight
- Morgan Charriere (18-9-1) vs. Manolo Zecchini (11-3-0) - Featherweight
Caolan Loughran vs. Yanis Ghemmouri- William Gomis (12-2-0) vs. Yanis Ghemmouri (12-1-0) - Bantamweight
- Volkan Oezdemir (17-7-0) vs. Bogdan Guskov (14-2-0) - Light Heavyweight
- Benoit Saint-Denis (11-1-0) vs. Thiago Moises (17-6-0) - Lightweight
- Manon Fiorot (10-1-0) vs. Rose Namajunas (12-5-0) - Flyweight
- Ciryl Gane (11-2-0) vs. Sergey Spivak (16-3-0) - Heavyweight
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