UFC Des Moines loses fight after both fighters | MMA News
UFC Des Moines takes place on Saturday and days before the occasion at Wells Fargo Arena, the fight card misplaced a bout.
Light heavyweights Junior Tafa and Tuco Tokkos have been scheduled to conflict this weekend but accidents to both fighters pressured the fight promotion to scrap the matchup. Bert MMA first reported Tokkos’ harm.
The UFC mentioned on Wednesday that it intenders to rebook the fight for a later date but didn’t element what accidents Tafa and Tokkos suffered. The fight card will now characteristic 12 bouts.
UFC Des Moines is headlined by a bantamweight bout between No. 4 ranked Cory Sandhagen (17-5) and No. 5 ranked Deiveson Figueiredo (24-4-1).
Both fighters will entered Saturday’s foremost occasion coming off a loss. Sandhagen misplaced to Umar Nurmagomedov via unanimous choice final August. The loss snapped a three-fight successful streak.
Figueiredo, a former two-time flyweight champion, was defeated by former bantamweight titleholder Petr Yan in his final fight. He moved up to the 135-pound weight class after dropping the flyweight title in January 2023. He reeled off three consecutive wins before dropping to Yan.
Updated UFC Des Moines Fight Card
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Cory Sandhagen vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
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Reinier de Ridder vs. Bo Nickal
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Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Daniel Rodriguez
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Montel Jackson vs. Daniel Marcos
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Serhiy Sidey vs. Cameron Smotherman
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Mason Jones vs. Jeremy Stephens
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Yana Santos vs. Miesha Tate
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Azamat Bekoev vs. Ryan Loder
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Gillian Robertson vs. Marina Rodriguez
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Gaston Bolanos vs. Quang Le
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Don’Tale Mayes vs. Thomas Petersen
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Juliana Miller vs. Ivana Petrovic
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