UFC Fight Night 254 loses one fight due to injury
UFC Fight Night 254 (ESPN+) will go on with one less bout.
On Thursday, the promotion announced that Marquel Mederos has been forced to withdraw from his lightweight bout against Evan Elder due to an undisclosed injury.
As a result, Elder has been moved to UFC on ESPN 66, replacing an injured Mitch Ramirez against Ahmad Hassanzada. UFC on ESPN 66 goes down on April 26 in Kansas City.
UFC Fight Night 254, also known as UFC Vegas 104, takes place this Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. the event will now go on with 13 bouts.
Below is the updated line up for UFC Fight Night 254.
Main card (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
Marvin Vettori vs. Roman Dolidze
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Chidi Njokuani
Seungwoo Choi vs. Kevin Vallejos
Alexander Hernandez vs. Kurt Holobaugh
Da'Mon Blackshear vs. Cody Gibson
A.J. Cunningham vs. Su Young You
Preliminary card (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Ryan Spann
Sam Hughes vs. Stephanie Luciano
Diyar Nurgozhay vs. Brendson Ribeiro
Josias Musasa vs. Carlos Vera
Daniel Barez vs. Andre Lima
Priscila Cachoeira vs. Josiane Nunes
Yuneisy Duben vs. Carli Judice
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for UFC Fight Night 254.
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