Malcolm Gordon is injured and Allan Puro Osso is left without an opponent for UFC San Diego in August

A. Puro Osso is without an opponent for the event on August 13th (Photo: Instagram/allanpuroosso)

Escalated to face Allan Puro Osso in a flyweight duel (up to 56,7 kg) in the UFC San Diego, scheduled for August 13th, Malcom Gordon is out of the event due to an undisclosed injury. The information is from the North American website “MMA Fighting”.

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It is not yet known whether the UFC will find a new fighter to face the Brazilian at the California event.

training partner Charles of the Bronx at Chute Boxe Diego Lima, Alan Puro Osso is going for his third fight in the UFC. After debuting with a narrow defeat against Tagir Ulanbekov, in October last year, the Brazilian recovered and won Jake Hadley in may.

Malcolm Gordon, in turn, would face the Brazilian looking for his third consecutive victory in the flyweight division. The North American comes from triumphs over Francisco Figueredo and Denys Bondar, the last in February this year.

Besides Allan Puro Osso, two other Brazilians are on the card UFC San Diego: Bruno Blindado face Gerald meerschaert in the middleweight division (up to 83,9 kg) and Viviane Araujo has the co-main fight of the night against Alexa grasso, by flies. The main fight of the event features a duel between bantamweights (up to 61,2 kg) Dominick Cruz e Marlon Vera.