A clash pitting Natan Levy
against Pete
Rodriguez has been pulled from Saturday’s
UFC Fight Night 223 event.
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The bout was canceled due to an undisclosed issue affecting
Rodriguez. The matchup has been rescheduled for UFC on ABC 4 in
Charlotte. MMAFighting.com
was first to report the cancellation, while MMA
Mania of the new date.
UFC Fight Night 223 will proceed with 11 bouts. The card takes
place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a
bantamweight duel between Yadong Song
and Ricky
Simon.
Israel’s Levy has won back-to-back UFC appearances after dropping
his promotional debut. Most recently, the Dana White’s Contender
Series alum took a decision over Genaro
Valdez at UFC on ESPN 42 this past December.
Rodriguez, meanwhile, earned his first Octagon triumph at UFC Fight
Night 212, where he knocked out Mike
Jackson in the opening stanza last October.