Pezão (left) and T. Moisés (right) are outside the UFC Las Vegas 9. Photo: SUPER FIGHTS montage
The Brazilian team was missing for the UFC Las Vegas 9, an event that takes place this Saturday (05). Brazil, which would have six representatives in the attraction, lost the presence of Thiago Moses e Marcos Foot. They were diagnosed with Covid-19 on the day of the show.
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Thiago Moses e Marcos Foot They train together at the American Top Team, in Florida (USA). In addition to them, coaches Luciano Macarrão and Katel Kubis also fight the coronavirus.
Thiago would face jalin turner in the lightweight division (up to 70.3 kg) on the main card, while Pezão would face Alexander Romanov. The fights were postponed to a new date not yet made official by the UFC.
With the departure of the two Brazilians, the fight program of the UFC Las Vegas 9 now has only seven duels. As a result, the start time of the card was delayed. The preliminary card starts at 20pm and the main program at 22pm (Brasília time). Check out the attraction card below:
UFC Las Vegas 9 Fight Schedule
Data: 5 September 2020
Timetable: From 19pm (Brasília time)
Location: UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
How to watch: SUPER FIGHTS LIVE in real time and Canal Combate (the entire card) on TV
MAIN CARD (21:30 p.m., Brasília time)
Heavyweight: alistair overeem x August Sakai
Light Heavyweight: Ovince St Preux x Alonzo Menifield
Welterweight Weight: Michael Pereira x Zelim Imadaev
Lightweight: Thiago Moses x jalin turner
Feather weight: brian kelleher x Kevin Natividad
PRELIMINARY CARD (20 p.m. Brasília time)
Average weight: André Sergipano x Bartosz Fabinski
Fly weight: Viviane Araujo x rose mountain
Heavyweight: Alexander Romanov x Marcos Foot
Bantamweight: Cole Smith x Hunter Azure
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