Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 73 card is one fight lesser.
Due to a medical issue, former strawweight title challenger Amanda Lemos is out of her featured prelim bout vs. Gillian Robertson. The fight was to take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
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UFC officials confirmed the development to MMA Junkie a little over three hours before the first prelim was scheduled to kick off. Fight Bananas first reported the change.
It’s unclear what medical issue Lemos (15-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) experienced. She has yet to comment on her withdrawal. Robertson (16-8 MMA, 13-6 UFC) meanwhile acknowledged the change but did not comment.
The updated UFC on ESPN 73 lineup includes:
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Brandon Royval vs. Manel Kape
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Giga Chikadze vs. Kevin Vallejos
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Cesar Almeida vs. Cezary Oleksiejczuk
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Morgan Charriere vs. Melquizael Costa
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Marcus Buchecha vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu
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Melsik Baghdasaryan vs. Joanderson Brito
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Yaroslav Amosov vs. Neil Magny
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Steven Asplund vs. Sean Sharaf
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Melissa Croden vs. Luana Santos
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AJ Frye vs. Guilherme Pat
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Tereza Bleda vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC loses featured prelim due to medical issue hours before event
