This Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 27 event has lost a fight between ranked heavyweights, but the contest remains on the promotion’s summer schedule.
[autotag]Shamil Abdurakhimov[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Chris Daukaus[/autotag] has been postponed one week back to UFC on ESPN 28, which takes place July 31 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
After Daukaus (11-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC) announced the news Monday on social media, MMA Junkie confirmed the change with a person with knowledge of the decision. The person asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has not made an announcement and added a positive COVID-19 test in the Abdurakhimov (20-5 MMA, 5-3 UFC) camp was to blame for the change in dates.
Fight pushed back until next week, Covid strikes again! Thank you for everyone for the support! 🙌🏻 pic.twitter.com/etIN1s2rVr
— Chris Daukaus (@ChrisDaukausMMA) July 19, 2021
With the change, Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 27 lineup now includes:
- Cory Sandhagen vs. T.J. Dillashaw
- Brendan Allen vs. Puna Soriano
- Maycee Barber vs. Miranda Maverick
- Aspen Ladd vs. Macy Chiasson
- Kyler Phillips vs. Raulian Paiva
- Mickey Gall vs. Jordan Williams
- Randy Costa vs. Adrian Yanez
- Ian Heinisch vs. Nassourdine Imavov
- Julio Arce vs. Andre Ewell
- Darren Elkins vs. Darrick Minner
- Sijara Eubanks vs. Elise Reed
- Diana Belbita vs. Hannah Goldy
After the addition of Abdurakhimov vs. Daukaus, the UFC on ESPN 28 lineup includes:
- Uriah Hall vs. Sean Strickland
- Bryan Barberena vs. Jason Witt
- Jinh Yu Frey vs. Ashley Yoder
- Rafa Garcia vs. Chris Gruetzemacher
- Collin Anglin vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan
- Orion Cosce vs. Phillip Rowe
- Cheyanne Buys vs. Gloria de Paula
- Mounir Lazzez vs. Niklas Stolze
- Kyung Ho Kang vs. Rani Yahya
- Danny Chavez vs. TBA
- Alex Perez vs. Matt Schnell
- Nicco Montano vs. Wu Yanan
- Zarrukh Adashev vs. Ryan Benoit
- Sam Alvey vs. Roman Kopylov
- Trevin Jones vs. Ronnie Lawrence
- Shamil Abdurakhimov vs. Chris Daukaus
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