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UFC
256 is down to one title fight once again.
Shortly after Deiveson
Figueiredo and Brandon
Moreno agreed to
square off for flyweight gold at the Dec. 12 event, multiple
outlets confirmed that the scheduled 135-pound championship clash
between reigning champ Petr Yan and
Aljamain
Sterling will no longer take place on the card. MMA
Island was first to report the news.
Yan reportedly withdrew from the event for personal reasons that
are not injury related. The Las Vegas-based promotion is hoping to
rebook Yan vs. Sterling for an event in February.
“Everything happens for a reason,” Sterling wrote on Twitter. “I
hope everything is good with you and your family. [Petr Yan], we
will settle our business when you can be 100 [percent] focused and
ready to give the fans the best show we can. See you soon.”
Everything happens for a reason. I hope
everything is good with you and your family .@PetrYanUFC
We will settle our business when you can be 100% focused and ready
to give the fans the best show we can.
See you soon.— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA)
November 22, 2020
UFC 256 previously lost a women’s featherweight championship clash
between Amanda
Nunes and Megan
Anderson when Anderson withdrew from the event. It now appears
that UFC 256 will be headlined by the flyweight title tilt between
Figueiredo and Moreno, with a lightweight bout pitting Tony
Ferguson against Charles
Oliveira slated for the co-main event.