D. D'Silva had his last fight at UFC Belém in February this year. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram d.silvamma
Summoned to the UFC Moscow on September 15th, Douglas D'Silva is out of the confrontation with Petr yan by the bantamweights. An injury to his left foot was confirmed and the Brazilian will need two weeks of recovery. This removes him from the clash with the Russian. Ultimate is already looking for a new opponent for former Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB) champion.
In response to the injury to Douglas, his opponent, Yan provoked the Brazilian by stating that he did not want to face him on the Moscow card
“Second fight in a row, in the week I signed the contract, the opponent left the fight 'injured'”, joked Petr on his Twitter.
2nd fight in a row the week I sign my bout agreement, the opponent pulls out “injured” 🤔
- Petr “No Mercy” Yan (@PetrYanUFC) August 9st, 2018
The main fight of UFC Moscow it will be among the heavyweights alexey oleynik e Mark Hunt. With the confirmation of Douglas's departure from the card in Russia, Thiago Pitbull will be the only Brazilian at the event. The Ceará native faces newcomer and former M-1 Global welterweight champion, Alexey Kunchenko
UFC Moscow card so far
Heavyweight: alexey oleynik x Mark Hunt
Light Heavyweight: Nikita Krylov x Jan Blachowicz
Heavyweight: Shamil Abdurakhimov x Andrei Arlovski
Average weight: Omari Akhmedov x CB Dollaway
Bantamweight: Merab Dvalishvili x Terrion Ware
Average weight: Krzysztof Jotko x Adam Yandiev
Welterweight Weight: Ramazan Emeyev x Opponent to be announced
Welterweight Weight: Thiago Pitbull x Alexey Kunchenko
Bantamweight: Petr yan x Opponent to be announced
Lightweight: Mairbek Taisumov x Desmond Green
Lightweight: Rustam Khabilov x Kajan Johnson
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