UFC Perth has just lost a big co-main event.
Junior Tafa vs. Ibo Aslan was scheduled for next Saturday's show, but now that bout has been removed from the line-up due to injury. As of this writing, it’s unknown which one of the athletes pulled out of the fight. There’s no word on whether UFC intends to add a new fight as the co-main event or simply move forward with the 14-fight card.
Heading into the bout, both Light Heavyweights were in a desperate need of a win. For Tafa, the 28-year-old is coming off a loss to Tuco Tokkos via submission at UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Teixeira. That continued a mixed bag in his UFC career where Tafa has only won two out of his four UFC fights. His two victories against Parker Porter (at UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie) and Sean Sharaf (at UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira) were two impressive knockout wins. Still, Tafa’s professional record currently stands at 6 wins and 4 losses.
Aslan is currently in the midst of a two-fight skid. The 29-year-old came into the UFC hot through Dana White’s Contender series and maintained his winning streak thanks to wins over Anton Turkalj (by TKO at UFC on ESPN: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot) and Raffael Cerqueira (by TKO at UFC 308), but his loss to Ion Cuțelaba shattered his impressive six-fight winning streak and he’s been stuck in the loss column ever since. Aslan’s professional record currently stands at 14 wins and 3 losses.
As of now, UFC Perth has 14 fights. Previous UFC Light Heavyweight title challenger Dominick Reyes will headline the show against Carlos Ulberg. Other fighters expected on the card: Neil Magny, Justin Tafa, Jimmy Crute, Ivan Erslan, and Jack Jenkins. Check out the updated card.
Main Card
Carlos Ulberg vs. Dominick Reyes
Jimmy Crute vs. Ivan Erslan
Jack Jenkins vs. Ramon Taveras
Jake Matthews vs. Neil Magny
Justin Tafa vs. Louie Sutherland
Tom Nolan vs. Charlie Campbell
Preliminary Card
Navajo Stirling vs. Rodolfo Bellato
Loma Lookboonmee vs. Alexia Thainara
Jonathan Micallef vs. Oban Elliott
Cameron Rowston vs. Andre Petroski
Colby Thicknesse vs. Josias Musasa
Jamie Mullarkey vs. Rolando Bedoya
Michelle Montague vs. Luana Carolina
Brando Pericic vs. Elisha Ellison