A proposed headling bout between Sean Brady
and Vicente
Luque won’t happen at UFC
Atlantic City as originally announced.
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Multiple outlets on Wednesday confirmed the cancellation following
an initial report from Harry Mac. According to MMAjunkie.com, Brady was battling injury issues
and never signed an official bout agreement. It is currently
unclear if Luque will remain on the card against a replacement
opponent.
UFC on ESPN 54 takes place on March 23 at Boardwalk Hall in
Atlantic City and also includes a pivotal women’s flyweight
showdown pitting Erin
Blanchfield against Manon
Fiorot.
Brady was victorious in his first 16 professional outings –
including five in UFC competition – before falling to Belal
Muhammad via second-round TKO at UFC 280. The Philadelphia
native rebounded in his most recent Octagon appearance, submitting
Kelvin
Gastelum in the third round of their matchup at UFC on ESPN 52
this past December.
Luque, meanwhile, snapped a two-bout skid in his last fight when he
took a five-round verdict over Rafael dos
Anjos in the UFC on ESPN 51 headliner last August.