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Ovince Saint Preux out of UFC Fight Night 197 vs. Philipe Lins

This week’s UFC return to Las Vegas has another hole in the lineup.

This week’s UFC return to Las Vegas has another hole in the lineup.

[autotag]Ovince Saint Preux[/autotag] (25-16 MMA, 15-12 UFC) is out of his light heavyweight fight against [autotag]Philipe Lins[/autotag] (14-5 MMA, 0-2 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 197 on Saturday. MMA Junkie confirmed his withdrawal from a person with knowledge of the matchup. The promotion made the announcement on the UFC 268 post-fight show.

UFC Fight Night 197 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The event streams on ESPN+.

Saint Preux was looking to snap a two-fight skid of TKO losses to Jamahal Hill and Tanner Boser in his return to 205 pounds. Those setbacks came on the heels of a knockout win over Alonzo Menifield.

It is not yet known if Lins will remain on the card against a short-notice replacement opponent. He has consecutive losses to Boser and Andrei Arlovski, both in 2020 in his first two fights in the promotion. Prior to signing with the UFC, Lins had four straight stoppage wins in the PFL, including a $1 million win in the promotion’s 2018 heavyweight season.

With the change, the UFC Fight Night 197 lineup includes:

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)

  • Max Holloway vs. Yair Rodriguez
  • Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Ben Rothwell
  • Leah Letson vs. Felicia Spencer
  • Philipe Lins vs. TBA
  • Kyle Daukaus vs. Roman Dolidze
  • Julio Arce vs. Song Yadong

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 1 p.m. ET)

  • Joel Alvarez vs. Thiago Moises
  • Cynthia Calvillo vs. Andrea Lee
  • Miguel Baeza vs. Khaos Williams
  • Collin Anglin vs. Sean Woodson
  • Cortney Casey vs. Liana Jojua
  • Rafael Alves vs. Marc Diakiese
  • Da Un Jung vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu

Kevin Holland injured, out of Kyle Dauakus rematch at UFC Fight Night 197

The Kevin Holland vs. Kyle Daukaus rematch will have to wait, if it still happens.

[autotag]Kevin Holland[/autotag] and [autotag]Kyle Daukaus[/autotag] might rematch at some point, but it won’t be at UFC Fight Night 197.

Due to an undisclosed injury, Holland (21-8 MMA, 8-5 UFC) has been forced to withdraw from his Nov. 13 bout against Daukaus (10-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Two people with knowledge of the withdrawal confirmed the change to MMA Junkie on Wednesday but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.

The expectation is that Daukaus will remain on the card against a new opponent.

The two middleweights fought at UFC Fight Night 193 on Oct. 2, but the bout ended in a no contest after an accidental clash of heads reversed the decision on video review.

With the change, the UFC Fight Night 193 lineup includes:

  • Max Holloway vs. Yair Rodriguez
  • Jessica Eye vs. Andrea Lee
  • Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Ben Rothwell
  • Philipe Lins vs. Ovince Saint Preux
  • Tucker Lutz vs. Lando Vannata
  • Leah Letson vs. Felicia Spencer
  • Collin Anglin vs. Sean Woodson
  • Jailton Almeida vs. Danilo Marques
  • Julio Arce vs. Song Yadong
  • Joel Alvarez vs. Thiago Moises
  • Kyle Daukaus vs. TBA
  • Miguel Baeza vs. Khaos Williams
  • Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Da Un Jung

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Tucker Lutz pulled from Lando Vannata fight, Lutz vs. Pat Sabatini in the works

Pat Sabatini is going to need to keep these Tuckers straight.

[autotag]Pat Sabatini[/autotag] is going to need to keep these Tuckers straight.

Sabatini (15-3 MMA, 2-0 UFC) was set to take on [autotag]Gavin Tucker[/autotag] (13-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) next month at UFC Fight Night 198. But Tucker is out, and a fight for Sabatini against [autotag]Tucker Lutz[/autotag] (12-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) now is in the works, a person with knowledge of the new matchup told MMA Junkie. The person requested anonymity because the UFC has not yet made a formal announcement.

Lutz was scheduled to fight [autotag]Lando Vannata[/autotag] (12-5-2 MMA, 4-5-2 UFC) a week earlier at UFC Fight Night 197. His shift to the Sabatini fight leaves Vannata without an opponent. It is not yet known if Vannata will remain on the card against a new opponent or will fight at a later date.

UFC Fight Night 197 takes place Nov. 13 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. UFC Fight Night 198 takes place at the same venue a week later on Nov. 20. Both cards will stream on ESPN+.

Lutz dropped his pro debut in 2015, but is on a 12-fight winning streak since then. After a pair of wins on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2020, he made his promotional debut in May and took a unanimous decision against Kevin Aguilar at UFC 262.

Sabatini has won four straight fights. After he won the CFFC featherweight title in December 2020, he signed with the UFC. He won his promotional debut in April with a decision over Tristan Connelly. In August, he submitted Jamall Emmers in the first round.

With the change, the UFC Fight Night 198 lineup now includes:

  • Miesha Tate vs. Ketlen Vieira
  • Augusto Sakai vs. Tai Tuivasa
  • Sean Brady vs. Michael Chiesa
  • Joanne Calderwood vs. Taila Santos
  • Cody Durden vs. Aori Qileng
  • Cheyanne Buys vs. Loma Lookboonmee
  • Terrance McKinney vs. Fares Ziam
  • Rafa Garcia vs. Natan Levy
  • Tucker Lutz vs. Pat Sabatini
  • Azamat Murzakanov vs. Marcin Prachnio
  • Denys Bondar vs. Malcolm Gordon
  • Davey Grant vs. Adrian Yanez
  • Shayilan Nuerdanbieke vs. Sean Soriano

The UFC Fight Night 197 lineup includes:

  • Max Holloway vs. Yair Rodriguez
  • Da Un Jung vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu
  • Cynthia Calvillo vs. Andrea Lee
  • Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Ben Rothwell
  • Philipe Lins vs. Ovince Saint Preux
  • Lando Vannata vs. TBA
  • Leah Letson vs. Felicia Spencer
  • Collin Anglin vs. Sean Woodson
  • Julio Arce vs. Song Yadong
  • Joel Alvarez vs. Thiago Moises
  • Kyle Daukaus vs. Kevin Holland

Spinning Back Clique: World’s best light heavyweights, Fedor’s GOAT status, Jon Jones, more

Check out this week’s “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts.

Check out this week’s “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts.

This week, we look at the best light heavyweights in the world, the return of Fedor Emelianenko, Jon Jones’ ban from his longtime gym, Aspen Ladd’s coach’s tactics and the UFC Fight Night 196 main event.

Our “Spinning Back Clique” panel of “Gorgeous” George Garcia, Nolan King and Danny Segura discuss these topics along with host John Morgan.

  • [autotag]Corey Anderson[/autotag] picked up a big knockout of former champion Ryan Bader to move into the light heavyweight tournament final for a shot at Bellator champ [autotag]Vadim Nemkov[/autotag]. He also proclaimed himself the best 205-pounder in the world – which UFC champ [autotag]Jan Blachowicz[/autotag] took issue with. But are Bellator’s light heavyweights better than the UFC’s?
  • [autotag]Fedor Emelianenko[/autotag] returns Saturday at Bellator 269 to take on Tim Johnson in Moscow in his home country of Russia. Fedor long was considered the best heavyweight of all time, but that GOAT status has come into question in recent years. So is he the best heavyweight in MMA history?
  • Former UFC light heavyweight champion [autotag]Jon Jones[/autotag], considered arguably the greatest fighter of all time, has been banned from training at his longtime JacksonWink MMA gym in Albuquerque, N.M., in the wake of his latest arrest – this time on domestic violence-related charges. Our panel reacts to that news.
  • [autotag]Aspen Ladd[/autotag] returned for the first time in nearly two years, but never could get rolling against Norma Dumont in a unanimous decision loss in the UFC Fight Night 195 headliner. Before the fourth and fifth rounds, her coach was particularly harsh with her verbally, and it drew a lot of criticism in the MMA world. Did he go too far?
  • [autotag]Paulo Costa[/autotag] takes on [autotag]Marvin Vettori[/autotag] in the UFC Fight Night 196 main event Saturday. Does the winner have a fast track for a title shot against middleweight champ Israel Adesanya?

“Spinning Back Clique” is released each Tuesday on MMA Junkie’s YouTube channel. You can watch the full episode in the video above.

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With Jessica Eye out, Cynthia Calvillo steps in to face Andrea Lee at UFC Fight Night 197

Cynthia Calvillo will aim to snap her first-career losing skid when she steps in to face Andrea Lee on Nov. 13.

[autotag]Cynthia Calvillo[/autotag] will aim to snap her first-career losing skid when she steps in on short notice to face [autotag]Andrea Lee[/autotag].

[autotag]Jessica Eye[/autotag] has been forced out of UFC Fight Night 197 and Calvillo (9-3-1 MMA, 6-3-1 UFC) will step in to face Lee (12-5 MMA, 4-3 UFC) on Nov. 13 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Eye took to social media to announce that she fell ill and was admitted to the hospital Sunday after experiencing body aches, fever and sweating profusely.

Two people with knowledge of the booking informed MMA Junkie on Tuesday that verbal agreements are in place.

Calvillo is 1-2 since moving up to 125 pounds. After defeating Eye in her first UFC main event in June 2020, Calvillo has dropped back-to-back bouts to former title challenger Katlyn Chookagian and, most recently, a TKO loss to former strawweight champion Jessica Andrade at UFC 266 in September.

Former LFA flyweight champion Lee was able to snap a three-fight losing skid with a second-round submission of Antonina Shevchenko at UFC 262 in May.

The latest lineup for UFC Fight Night 197 includes:

  • Max Holloway vs. Yair Rodriguez
  • Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Ben Rothwell
  • Philipe Lins vs. Ovince Saint Preux
  • Tucker Lutz vs. Lando Vannata
  • Leah Letson vs. Felicia Spencer
  • Collin Anglin vs. Sean Woodson
  • Jailton Almeida vs. Danilo Marques
  • Julio Arce vs. Song Yadong
  • Joel Alvarez vs. Thiago Moises
  • Kyle Daukaus vs. Kevin Holland
  • Cynthia Calvillo vs. Andrea Lee

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