UFC Fight Night 183 has taken another hit.
The Las Vegas-based promotion recently announced
that a proposed light heavyweight bout between Misha
Cirkunov and Ryan Spann
has been postponed due to an undisclosed injury suffered by
Cirkunov. The fight is expected to be rebooked at an undetermined
future event
Additionally, the UFC confirmed a
previous report that a flyweight clash pitting Alexandre
Pantoja against Manel Kape
at the Dec. 19 event has also been scrapped due to a positive
COVID-19 test for Pantoja.
UFC Fight Night 183 takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is
headlined by a welterweight duel between Stephen
Thompson and Geoff Neal.
The card streams in its entirety on ESPN+.
Cirkunov last appeared at UFC Fight Night 158, where he submitted
Jimmy
Crute in the opening stanza to improve to 6-3 in his Octagon
tenure. Spann, meanwhile, was victorious in his first four
promotional appearances before suffering a first-round KO loss
against Johnny
Walker at UFC Fight Night 178 in September.