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Ferreira just can’t catch a break lately.
MMA Junkie reported on Wednesday that Ferreira (17-4) has been
forced out of his lightweight tilt with Grant
Dawson (17-1) because of an injury. The nature of the injury
has not yet been disclosed. The promotion is currently searching
for a replacement option for Dawson, and it is unclear if it will
find someone in time for the Oct. 2 show at the UFC Apex in Las
Vegas. Ferreira has since confirmed
his injury ahead of
UFC Fight Night 193.
Ferreira was looking to snap a two-fight skid in 2021, where he
came up short to Beneil
Dariush in a rematch by split decision and then suffered a
knockout loss to Gregor
Gillespie three months later. This losing streak ended an
impressive six-fight run for the Brazilian out of Texas that saw
him defeat the likes of Anthony
Pettis, Mairbek
Taisumov and Rustam
Khabilov. Ferreira also holds the distinction of being the
winner of the inaugural Sherdog
“Walkout Song of the Year” award, doing so when he entered to
“Footloose” by Kenny Loggins and knocked Jared
Gordon out.
Dawson, who signed from the first season of Dana White’s Contender Series, has carved a
swath through his opponents even while he struggled to find his
weight class at featherweight. A wide miss against Darrick
Minner in early 2020 led to a catchweight contest at 150 pounds
in his next time out, and he made his UFC lightweight debut in
March. Against Leonardo
Santos, Dawson topped his Brazilian foe at 4:59 of the third
round,
tying the record for the second-latest finish in a three-round
UFC bout.
UFC Fight Night 193 will carry on at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on
Oct. 2 with a full slate of bouts. The headliner sees Thiago
Santos come to blows with Johnny
Walker in a much-anticipated light heavyweight brawl. The
current co-main event is a pivotal women’s bantamweight matchup
pitting Aspen Ladd
against Macy
Chiasson. Other key pairings on the card include a middleweight
tilt between Kevin
Holland and Kyle
Daukaus, while Misha
Cirkunov faces Krzysztof
Jotko at 185 pounds as well.
