UFC 298 is now down to 11 fights.
During the UFC’s official weigh-in show, it was announced that Justin Tafa suffered an undisclosed injury during fight week, which has cancelled his scheduled heavyweight bout with Marcos Rogerio de Lima. The bout was slated to take place on the ESPN preliminary card.
The scratch comes ahead of an important fight for Tafa as he had the opportunity to enter the promotion’s heavyweight rankings. Tafa is unbeaten in his past four appearances, including first-round knockout wins over Austen Lane, Parker Porter, and Harry Hunsucker. The 30-year-old was slated to make his ninth octagon appearance.
Rogerio de Lima will now have to wait to bounce back from a highlight-reel stoppage loss to Derrick Lewis at UFC 291 this past July. Prior to that, the 38-year-old had won two straight, and four of five.
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