Justin Tafa down with sickness, bout vs. Louie Sutherland cancelled at UFC Perth
The principle card for UFC Perth is down one other combat after Justin Tafa got here down with an sickness.
The promotion introduced Friday that the heavyweight bout between Tafa and Louie Sutherland has been cancelled for Saturday’s occasion in Australia.
Sutherland made weight at Friday’s weigh-in, however the New Zealand-born Tafa didn’t take the scales, ensuing within the cancellation.
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Will probably be the second straight combat that Tafa was unable to take part in. He was final scheduled to tackle Jhonata Diniz at UFC 317 in June, however withdrew for unknown causes.
The 31-year-old final fought Tallison Teixeira at UFC 312 in February, shedding by technical knockout 35 seconds into the primary spherical.
Sutherland, in the meantime, was scheduled to make his UFC debut towards Tafa after compiling a 10-3 MMA file. Sutherland was on a four-fight win streak and 7 of his 10 victories had come through first-round end.
UFC Perth had already misplaced fighters Junior Tafa — Justin’s brother — and Oban Elliott within the lead-up to the occasion.
