Douglas Silva de Andrade, UFC Charlotte ceremonial weigh-in Credit score: Bryson Hester/Cageside Press
UFC Vegas 103 has misplaced a second battle on weigh-in day, with Douglas Silva de Andrade falling off the cardboard resulting from medical points.
Brazil’s Silva de Andrade had been booked right into a bantamweight battle with John Castañeda on the occasion on Saturday, March 1 on the UFC Apex. That was then shifted to a 140lb catchweight, which was in flip scrapped all collectively after each fighters had weighed in.
UFC officers confirmed the bout was off resulting from media points on the a part of Douglas Silva de Andrade, and the pair didn’t face off following weigh-ins. In a short assertion issued by way of their official web site, promotion representatives wrote that “due to medical issues, Douglas Silva de Andrade has been removed from his 140-pound catchweight bout with John Casteneda. As a result, this bout has been cancelled from this weekend’s event.”
That’s the second battle UFC Vegas 103 misplaced on Friday, after weight administration points noticed Luana Carolina fall out of her battle with Montana De La Rosa.
UFC Vegas 103 now strikes ahead with ten fights in complete. The Combat Night time card is headlined by high ten flyweights Manel Kape and Asu Almabayev, the later of whom is stepping in to interchange #1-ranked Brandon Royval in the principle occasion.
