Thiago Pitbull is out of fight against Mike Perry at UFC Pittsburgh

T. Alves no longer fights on the weekend (Photo: Reproduction Twitter ufc_brasil)

Brazilian Thiago Alves will no longer fight this weekend. Initially with a duel scheduled against Mike Perry for UFC Pittsburgh next Saturday (16), Pitbull was forced to leave the event card, according to information from the North American website MMA Junkie. A replacement is being sought by the Ultimate organization.

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The reason that forced Alves to cancel the fight with Perry was not disclosed, but it could be related to the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma. The Brazilian lives and trains in Florida, where the natural phenomenon caused the most damage and would be having problems leaving the state for Pittsburgh. Former middleweight champion, Luke Rockhold He also trained in Florida for the fight with David Branch, which will be the main event, and traveled to Pittsburgh two weeks ago, unlike Pitbull, who said he saw no need to travel beforehand.

In addition to Rockhold x Branch, UFC Pittsburgh will have Hector Lombard facing up Anthony Smith, in addition to three Brazilians fighting: the welterweight Serginho Moraes measures forces with the former TUF champion Kamaru Usman, While Felipe Sertanejo magpie Luke sanders in a bantamweight fight. In the first fight of the night, Gilbert Durinho faces Jason Saggo at lightweight.

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