Hall rejects replacement and leaves UFC 198; Warlley is promoted to the main card

Hall (photo) scored another eye-catching knockout in the octagon. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC

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The Ultimate organization tried, but Uriah Hall did not accept a replacement for Anderson Silva, who suffered a gallbladder problem at the last minute, and the Jamaican is out of UFC 198, next Saturday (14). Instead of the fight between Anderson and Hall, the promotion of the fight between Warlley alves e Bryan barberena to the main card.

According to the website of the “Combate” channel, the negotiations between the UFC and Hall lasted much of the early hours of this Wednesday (11), lasting the hours that followed the announcement that Anderson Silva He would not be able to fight and would undergo surgery to remove his gallbladder. Hall, in fact, did not even attend the open training sessions held at the Arena da Baixada.

Furthermore, the start time of the card has also been changed, as the schedule will now feature one less fight. Thus, instead of starting at 19:15 pm (official Brasília time), as initially planned, the first fight of the event, between Renato Moicano and Zubair Tukhugov will start 30 minutes later at 19:45 pm.

Check out the updated UFC 198 card below:

Fabricio Werdum x Stipe Miocic
Ronaldo Jacare x Vitor belfort
Chris Cyborg x Leslie Smith
Mauricio Shogun x Corey anderson
Warlley alves x Bryan barberena

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Demian Maia x Matt Brown
Thiago Marreta x Nate Marquardt
John Lineker x Rob font
Rogério Minotouro x Patrick Cummins
Francisco Massaranduba x Yancy Medeiros
Serginho Moraes x Luan Chagas
Renato Moicano x Zubaira Tukhugov

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