Pedro Munhoz vs. Jimmie Rivera pulled from UFC 258

UFC 258 is down a fight, and COVID-19 is the reported reason.

A bantamweight bout between Pedro Munhoz (18-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) and Jimmie Rivera (23-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) has been pulled from the card due to a positive coronavirus test result by one of the competitors, who was not identified.

MMA Fighting initially reported the news Tuesday. Both UFC.com and UFC promotional partner ESPN have since yanked the bout from their UFC 258 lineup pages.

The fight is expected to be rescheduled.

A 140-pound catchweight fight between Andre Ewell and Chris Gutierrez, which had been moved from UFC Fight Night 184 to the UFC 258 prelims, now has been bumped up to the main card.

UFC 258 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and will be headlined by welterweight champion Kamaru Usman’s title defense against Gilbert Burns.

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With the cancellation, the UFC 258 lineup now includes:

MAIN CARD 

Champ Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns – for welterweight title

Maycee Barber vs. Alexa Grasso

Kelvin Gastelum vs. Ian Heinisch

Andre Ewell vs. Chris Gutierrez

Julian Marquez vs. Maki Pitolo

PRELIMINARY CARD

Bobby Green vs. Jim Miller Anthony

Hernandez vs. Rodolfo Vieira

Dhiego Lima vs. Belal Muhammad

Mallory Martin vs. Polyana Viana

Brian Kelleher vs. Ricky Simon

Gabe Green vs. Phil Rowe

Miranda Maverick vs. Gillian Robertson

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