UFC on ESPN 46 will proceed with one less bout.
According to an announcement from the promotion, [autotag]Miles Johns[/autotag] is injured, and has been forced out of his bantamweight bout against [autotag]Raoni Barcelos[/autotag]. The fight has been canceled, and there will be no replacement opponent for Barcelos.
The event takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, with the main card airing on ESPN at 9 p.m. ET following prelims on ESPN+.
Johns (13-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) would have competed for the first time in 2023. His last appearance was a unanimous decision victory over Vince Morales at UFC Fight Night 215 on Nov. 19, 2022.
“Sorry guys,” Johns wrote on Twitter. “F*cking sucks. Never felt more ready in my life. Going to get healed up and hoping to get this fight rebooked ASAP!”
Sorry guys. Fucking sucks. Never felt more ready in my life. Going to get healed up and hoping to get this fight rebooked asap! https://t.co/LgKhN64LlZ
— Miles Chapo Johns (@milesxjohns) June 15, 2023
Barcelos (17-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) was set to enter his second bout of the year, looking to rebound from a first-round finish against Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC Fight Night 217 on Jan. 14, 2023.
With the removal, the 13-fight UFC on ESPN 46 lineup now includes:
- Marvin Vettori vs. Jared Cannonier
- Joaquim Silva vs. Arman Tsarukyan
- Christian Duncan vs. Armen Petrosyan
- Lucas Almeida vs. Pat Sabatini
- Nikolas Motta vs. Manuel Torres
- Nicolas Dalby vs. Muslim Salikhov
- Alessandro Costa vs. Jimmy Flick
- Kyung Ho Kang vs. Cristian Quinonez
- Denys Bondar vs. Carlos Hernandez
- Felipe Bunes vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
- Tereza Bleda vs. Gabriella Fernandes
- Dan Argueta vs. Ronnie Lawrence
- Modestas Bukauskas vs. Zac Pauga
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 46.