Curtis Blaydes and Rizvan Kuniev, UFC 313 ceremonial weigh-in Credit score: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press
UFC 313 has misplaced a second battle on the day of the occasion, with Curtis Blaydes the latest casualty.
Promotion officers introduced on Saturday afternoon, simply hours out from the cardboard kicking off, that heavyweight Blaydes was out of his featured prelim battle with Rizvan Kuniev attributable to sickness. The bout is the second scratched on Saturday, following Chris Gutierrez vs. John Castaneda falling by way of.
“Due to illness with heavyweight Curtis Blaydes and featherweight John Castaneda, their bouts have been canceled from tonight’s event,” a modified assertion on the UFC’s official web site reads.
The character of Blaydes’ ailment has not been disclosed.
The UFC 313 battle card had held collectively on Friday, with not a single fighter lacking weight on the occasion’s official weigh-in. Saturday has clearly been a special story.
Curtis Blaydes vs. Rizvan Kuniev had beforehand been scheduled for UFC Seattle two weeks in the past. After being shifted to UFC 313, it’s now off fully.
UFC 313 takes place on Saturday, March 8, 2025 on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas, Nevada. The road-up now breaks down as follows:
Alex Pereira (c) vs. Magomed Ankalaev – for the UFC gentle heavyweight championship
Justin Gaethje vs. Rafael Fiziev
Jalin Turner vs. Ignacio Bahamondes
Amanda Lemos vs. Iasmin Lucindo
King Inexperienced vs. Maurício Ruffy
Joshua Van vs. Rei Tsuruya
Brunno Ferreira vs. Armen Petrosyan
Alex Morono vs. Carlos Leal
Mairon Santos vs. Francis Marshall
Djorden Ribeiro dos Santos vs. Osman Diaz
