UFC Des Moines is down a fight following injuries to light
heavyweights Junior Tafa
and George
Tokkos.
The promotion announced the news on Tuesday but did not disclose
the nature of the ailments suffered by either athlete. UFC Des
Moines — also known as UFC on ESPN 67 — will proceed with 12 bouts.
The card takes place at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on
Saturday and is headlined by a bantamweight scrap pitting Cory
Sandhagen against Deiveson
Figueiredo.
Tafa, the younger brother of Justin
Tafa, is 2-3 thus far during his promotional tenure. He is
coming off a second-round technical knockout victory against
Sean
Sharaf at UFC Fight Night 244 this past October.
England’s Tukkos began his UFC career with back-to-back losses
against Oumar Sy and
Navajo
Stirling. “Tuco” also went 0-2 during a brief Bellator stint
from 2019 to 2020.