A matchup of light heavyweight debutants has been rearranged with
less than a week to go before
UFC Fight Night 241.
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Undefeated French standout Oumar Sy (9-0)
was scheduled to meet Brazil’s Antonio
Trocoli (12-3) at the UFC Apex on Saturday. However, Trocoli
has now withdrawn due to undisclosed reasons and will now be
replaced by another promotional debutant in George
Tokkos (10-3). The change was first reported by Al Zullino on
X (Formerly known as Twitter). The promotion
has since confirmed the new bout.
Trocoli first earned a
Ultimate Fighting Championship contract with a
Dana White’s Contender Serieswin in 2019 but was released after
failing a drug test. He was then scheduled to debut against
Ovince
St. Preux in 2022 but withdrew from the bout.
Sy is currently undefeated in nine pro outings, which includes
seven finishes. The 28-year-old signed with the promotion in
October 2023 on the back of consecutive Round 1 stoppage wins.
Meanwhile, Tokkos had a brief 0-2 stint in Bellator
MMA but has since gone 6-1. While “Tuco” suffered a brutal
technical knockout loss against Mingyang
Zhang at
Road to UFC in 2022, he bounced back with three consecutive
victories to earn a UFC contract.