This Saturday, UFC will host their annual fight night event in Sacramento with Urijah Faber making his return to the octagon after a nearly three-year absence. The UFC Hall of Famer is set to fight Ricky Simon. The show will be headlined with a women’s bantamweight match-up between Germaine de Randamie and Aspen Ladd.
However, one bout that won’t be taking place is the lightweight fight between Beneil Dariush and Drakkar Klose. UFC officials confirmed that the bout has been scrapped from the card due to Beneil Daruish suffering an injury (transcript courtesy of
mmafighting.com):
“Due to an injury suffered by Beneil Dariush, his lightweight bout with Drakkar Klose on this Saturday’s UFC Sacramento card has been cancelled,” UFC officials wrote in a statement.
“The card, which airs live on ESPN+ and is headlined by the bout between Germaine de Randamie and Aspen Ladd, will proceed at scheduled with 12 bouts.”
It’s unknown what injury Dariush suffered or how long the recovery process will take. Check out the full advertised card below:
Main Card (ESPN+ 8 p.m ET/5 p.m PT)
Germaine de Randamie vs. Aspen Ladd
Urijah Faber vs. Ricky Simon
Josh Emmett vs. Mirsad Bektić
Karl Roberson vs. Wellington Turman
Marvin Vettori vs. Cezar Ferreira
Preliminary Card (ESPN+ 5 p.m ET/2 p.m. PT)
John Allan Arte vs. Mike Rodriguez
Andre Fili vs. Sheymon Moraes
Julianna Peña vs. Nicco Montaño
Darren Elkins vs. Ryan Hall
Pingyuan Liu vs. Jonathan Martinez
Livia Renata Souza vs. Brianna Van Buren
Benito Lopez vs. Vince Morales