UFC on ESPN 28 is down yet another fight.
On Saturday, Rani Yahya
announced that he has withdrawn from Saturday’s co-main event bout
against Kyung Ho
Kang due to a positive COVID-19 test. As a result the card will
move forward with 10 fights. UFC on ESPN 28 takes place at the UFC
Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a middleweight tilt pitting
Uriah
Hall against Sean
Strickland. Yahya vs. Kang is the fifth bout that has been
canceled from the card over the course of the past week.
“Hey guys, my fight just got cancelled. I tested positive for the
COVID-19 test that was made yeasterday, “ Yahya wrote on Instagram.
“I feel very good physically, and I believe that everything happens
for a reason. Thank you all for the support!!”
Yahya ended a two-bout winless skid at UFC Fight Night 187, when he
submitted Ray
Rodriguez in the second round on March 13. The 36-year-old
Constrictor Team representative is 12-4-1 with one no contest since
beginning his tenure with the Las Vegas-based promotion in
2011.
Kang, meanwhile, was expected to compete for the first time since
taking a split decision over Pingyuan
Liu at UFC Fight Night 165 in December 2019. Kang is 6-2 with
one no contest since beginning his UFC career in 2013.