Hours after Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Marcin Tybura successfully weighed in on Friday morning, their heavyweight battle at UFC 273 has now been canceled.
The UFC announced Tybura was eradicated from the lineup after falling in bad health with an undisclosed illness. Rozenstruik vs. Tybura was scheduled for the preliminary share of the pay-per-imagine occasion, which is now appropriate down to 12 fights on myth of the cancelation.
Rozenstruik and Tybura were before every part anticipated to battle at UFC Vegas 49 this past February, nonetheless that was additionally canceled for undisclosed reasons. There isn’t any phrase but on whether the pairing will dwell intact for but every other occasion.
‘Bigi Boy’ has since answered to the cancellation and sent neatly must his would-be opponent in a video shared on Instagram.
“Marcin is sick, there is nothing we can acquire,” said Rozenstruik. “Excellent wish him a fast recovery and confidently we peek him next time around. For now, I talked to the UFC discussing what the on hand alternatives are and you guys will hear soon.”
Due to illness, Marcin Tybura has been eradicated from his heavyweight bout with Jairzinho Rozenstruik at #UFC273.
This capability that, this bout has been cancelled from the occasion. pic.twitter.com/kO1pTWaovz
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) April 8, 2022
Rozenstruik has not fought since UFC 266, where he lost to Curtis Blaydes by blueprint of unanimous choice. The No. 8 ranked heavyweight contender has alternated between wins and losses in most standard years, with knockouts of Alistair Overeem, Junior dos Santos and Augusto Sakai among his highlights.
Tybura hoped to reach to the acquire column following a unanimous choice loss to Alexander Volkov at UFC 267 final October. The Polish fighter was beforehand on a five-battle acquire plod, which integrated ‘Performance of the Night’ awarded finishes of Greg Hardy and Walt Harris in his most most standard Octagon appearances.
UFC 273 takes characteristic on Saturday, April 9, at VyStar Veterans Memorial Enviornment in Jacksonville, Fla. Alexander Volkanovski defends his featherweight championship in opposition to Chan Sung Jung, better identified as ‘The Korean Zombie’ within the headliner. A extremely anticipated bantamweight championship rematch between Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan serves as the co-headliner.
