Nate Diaz will deal with fellow veteran welterweight Tony Ferguson at UFC 279 after Khamzat Chimaev badly missed weight for his main-event showdown with Diaz.
The best three fights on the pay-per-view card had been shuffled because of Chimaev’s failed weight scale back Friday, nonetheless all six fighters will nonetheless compete on Saturday night at T-Cell Enviornment.
Chimaev weighed in 7 1/2 kilos over the prohibit at 178.5 kilos on the UFC Apex well being membership, and the Chechnya-born Swede’s mistake led to quite a lot of late modifications to the current on the Las Vegas Strip. Chimaev will battle rival Kevin Holland instead, whereas Holland’s scheduled opponent will battle Ferguson’s scheduled opponent.
Ferguson was scheduled to face Li Jingliang inside the penultimate bout of UFC 279. Instead, the longtime title contender who briefly held the lightweight belt will step as a lot because the five-round predominant event in opposition to Diaz, one of many essential widespread fighters in mixed martial arts.
The 37-year-old Diaz was a big betting underdog in opposition to Chimaev, one among many world’s prime welterweights, nonetheless his battle with Ferguson is predicted to be slightly extra aggressive. Diaz is inside the remaining bout of his contract with the UFC, and he has already launched plans to start out out his private promotional agency.
Although Chimaev is coping with hefty financial penalties for his mistake, he'll carry on the cardboard to face Holland in a 180-pound catchweight bout. The matchup carries unhealthy blood: Chimaev and Holland acquired proper right into a bodily battle on Thursday sooner than the UFC 279 info conference, forcing the promotion to scrap the event.
Chimaev shrugged his shoulders and smiled when knowledgeable of his weight — and moments later, he posted a joking meme about missing weight on his Twitter account.
Holland was scheduled to face Daniel Rodriguez on the undercard. Rodriguez will face Li instead in a 180-pound catchweight bout.
The UFC moreover made quite a lot of additional weight modifications to the cardboard. Most prominently, the bantamweight bout between Macy Chiasson and Irene Aldana is now a 140-pound catchweight bout.
Featherweight Hakeem Dawodu and Heavyweight Chris Barnett moreover missed weight for UFC 279, nonetheless will carry on the cardboard of their genuine bouts. Dawodu will give up 30 per cent of his purse to opponent Julian Erosa, and Barnett loses 20 per cent of his purse to Jake Collier.
The UFC is providing refunds to followers with tickets who no longer want to see the reshuffled card, although every fighter scheduled for the current continues to be competing.
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