The upcoming UFC Vegas 60 card has taken successful after Giga Chikadze was pressured out of his upcoming co-main occasion battle towards Sodiq Yusuff on Sept. 17.
A number of folks with data of the shift confirmed the information to MMA Combating on Wednesday following an preliminary report from MMA Junkie.
Particulars surrounding Chikadze’s withdrawal are unknown presently, however the UFC is at present trying to find a alternative opponent to doubtlessly face Yusuff on the cardboard.
Chikadze appeared to bounce again from a unanimous choice loss to Calvin Kattar in his earlier outing, which stopped a nine-fight successful streak by the Georgian featherweight. Now it seems he’ll have to attend even longer to make his return to motion after falling off the cardboard.
As for Yusuff, the 29-year-old fighter should wait on phrase on a possible opponent as he appears to construct on a win over Alex Caceres in his most up-to-date look in March. General, Yusuff has gone 5-1 within the UFC together with his solely loss coming through choice to Arnold Allen.
The UFC Vegas 60 card is headlined by a bantamweight matchup pitting Cory Sandhagen towards Song Yadong.
Mike Heck contributed to this report.
