'Injury on the Trevin Giles side' scraps UFC on ESPN 68 short-notice save vs. Gustafsson
'Injury on the Trevin Giles side' scraps UFC on ESPN 68 short-notice save vs. Gustafsson Giles saved Gustafsson's fight on short notice, but suffered an injury leading into Friday's official weigh-ins
Andreas Gustafsson had about a week to enjoy the fact his fight had been saved by Trevin Giles. But that's out the window.
Gustafsson (11-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and Giles (16-7 MMA, 7-7 UFC) had been set to meet Saturday in an 180-pound fight at UFC on ESPN 68 May 31 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The fight was set at that weight instead of 170 because Giles stepped in on short notice for Jeremiah Wells, who pulled out.
But Friday at the official weigh-ins for UFC on ESPN 68, it was announced the fight is off. Weigh-ins emcee Brendan Fitzgerald gave the official reason for the fight's cancellation as "an injury on the Trevin Giles side."
Gustafsson, 34, was set to make his UFC debut after an impressive showing on DWCS in 2024. He sliced and diced Pat Pytlik en route to a second-round TKO and extended his winning streak to three.
Giles, 32, may have had his back against the wall in the fight no matter what, but now he'll have the specter of this cancellation hanging over him. He has three straight losses, but in his seven total UFC setbacks, three came against current middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis and top contenders Carlos Prates and Michael Morales.
With the cancellation, the UFC on ESPN 68 lineup, now with 10 fights, includes:
MAIN CARD (ESPN, ESPN+, 9 p.m. ET)
Erin Blanchfield vs. Maycee Barber
Mateusz Gamrot vs. Ludovit Klein
Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Billy Ray Goff
Dustin Jacoby vs. Bruno Lopes
Macy Chiasson vs. Ketlen Vieira – 145-pound adjusted contract weight
Dusko Todorovic vs. Zachary Reese
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
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