Bad news in the building minutes of the first UFC event for this year, as an exciting middleweight clash has been removed from the Fight Island 7 card.
Phil Hawes and Nassourdine Imavov won’t be fighting tonight in Abu Dhabi because Hawes wasn’t fit to fight and was not medically cleared in a non-COVID-19 related decision.
Hawes’s manager said that they are working on rescheduling the bout for UFC 257 which takes place next week. Hawes – Imavov was pard of the Prelims card of the event that is being headlined by Max Holloway and Calvin Kattar.