Just days away from UFC 319, the card has taken a hit.
The lightweight bout between Diego Ferreira (19-6 MMA, 10-6 UFC) and King Green (32-17-1 MMA, 13-12-1 UFC) has been scrapped from Saturday’s event (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) at United Center in Chicago for undisclosed reasons. The matchup was the featured prelim of the night.
A person with knowledge of the situation confirmed the news to MMA Junkie after an initial report from BJPenn.com. The UFC later announced the change.
Ferreira was looking to return to the win column after losing a unanimous decision to Grant Dawson at UFC 311. Prior to that, the 40-year-old scored back-to-back Performance of the Night knockouts of Michael Johnson and Mateusz Rebecki.
Meanwhile, Green has lost three of his past four fights, all by finish. After defeating Jim Miller at UFC 300, Green was finished in back-to-back fights against Paddy Pimblett at UFC 314, and Mauricio Ruffy at UFC 313.
Below is the updated UFC 319 lineup:
- Champ Dricus Du Plessis vs. Khamzat Chimaev – for middleweight title
- Lerone Murphy vs. Aaron Pico
- Geoff Neal vs. Carlos Prates
- Jared Cannonier vs. Michael Page
- Kai Asakura vs. Tim Elliott
- Gerald Meerschaert vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk
- Jessica Andrade vs. Loopy Godinez
- Alexander Hernandez vs. Chase Hooper
- Edson Barboza vs. Drakkar Klose
- Bryan Battle vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
- Dione Barbosa vs. Karine Silva
- Alibi Idiris vs. Joseph Morales – “TUF 33” flyweight final
