Rani Yahya is injured and leaves the fight against Sterling in December

Rani is out of the fight against Sterling (Photo: Reproduction/Facebook UFC)

The UFC Fresno card, which will take place on December 9th in the United States, suffered a loss. The bantamweight Rani Yaya was injured and was forced to leave the fight against the North American aljamain sterling, who is now waiting for a new opponent to replace the Brazilian. The information is from the 'MMA Junkie' website.

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In Ultimate since 2011, Rani would be in her 13th fight in the house. In 12 fights, he had eight positive results, three negative results and one fight with no result. His most recent performance was in August of this year, when he submitted Henry Briones and achieved his fifth triumph in the last six clashes. At 33 years old, he has a record of 24 wins, nine losses and one no contest.

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Sterling, 28, has won six and lost two in the organization. He has already faced five Brazilians in Ultimate, having defeated Hugo Wolverine, Johnny Eduardo, Augusto Tanquinho and Renan Barao, in his last fight. Before, in January this year, he was surpassed by Raphael Assunção. In total, The Funk Master, as he is known, has 14 triumphs and two setbacks as a professional.

The UFC Fresno card, which will be headlined by a featherweight bout between Cub swanson e Brian ortega, there are, to date, four more Brazilians confirmed. The middleweight Antônio Braga Neto, away from MMA for over four years, returns against Trevin giles, Davi ramos has a lightweight duel against Chris Gruetzemacher, the Iuri Marajó faces Alejandro Perez and newcomer Markus Maluko faces Erik Anders, in a duel valid for the middleweights.