With a hand injury, Raphael Assunção does not fight in the UFC in BH

R.Assunção’s (photo) return to the Octagon must be postponed. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC

The fight between Raphael Assunção e TJ Dillashaw, which was scheduled for the UFC in Combate 3, will no longer happen at the September 4th event. According to information from the website “Combate.com”, Raphael suffered a hand injury and will not be able to face the North American in Belo Horizonte (MG).

The main possibility is that the confrontation will be moved by a month, to an October edition of Ultimate. The first option is UFC 166, in Houston (USA), which features a heavyweight title fight between Junior Gypsy e Cain Velazquez as the main fight. The second hypothesis is that the fight will be part of the card of another event in Brazil, on October 9th, with the venue yet to be defined.

The bantamweight Raphael Assunção, 31 years old, has a record of 20 wins and just four losses. The Pernambuco native is sixth in the UFC's under-61 kg division rankings. In his last fight, Raphael, who has won four consecutive victories, beat the British Vaughan Lee at TUF Brasil 2 Finale, on June 8, in Fortaleza (CE).

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