UFC Fight Night 199 loses Raoni Barcelos vs. Victor Henry hours before start time

Hours prior to Saturday’s event, a bout was scrapped.

UFC Fight Night 199 has lost a fight from the preliminary card just hours before the start of the event.

The bantamweight bout between fan favorite [autotag]Raoni Barcelos[/autotag] and promotional newcomer [autotag]Victor Henry[/autotag] was scrapped Saturday due to COVID-19 protocols. The card will proceed with 13 bouts.

A person with knowledge of the change confirmed the cancellation after the fight was removed from the UFC’s official online fight card (h/t Twitter user Already Demon).

The cancellation marks the eighth publicly announced bout Barcelos (16-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) has signed up for that has not come to fruition. Henry (21-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will have to wait to make his UFC debut after he signed up for this fight on short notice.

With the change, the UFC Fight Night 199 lineup includes:

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)

  • Derrick Lewis vs. Chris Daukuas
  • Belal Muhammad vs. Stephen Thompson
  • Angela Hill vs. Angela Lemos
  • Raphael Assuncao vs. Ricky Simon
  • Diego Ferreira vs. Mateusz Gamrot
  • Darren Elkins vs. Cub Swanson

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

  • Gerald Meerschaert vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
  • Harry Hunsucker vs. Justin Tafa
  • Sijara Eubanks vs. Melissa Gatto
  • Andre Ewell vs. Charles Jourdain
  • Macy Chiasson vs. Raquel Pennington
  • Don’Tale Mayes vs. Josh Parisian
  • Jordan Leavitt vs. Matt Sayles

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