Saturday night’s UFC co-main event has been scrapped just minutes after the Fight Night card got underway.
A scheduled featherweight bout between Jeremy Stephens and Drakkar Klose is now off because of an injury to Klose, the UFC announced on the broadcast.
The card will resume with 10 fights.
Stephens (28-18, 1 NC), a perennial featherweight contender, is winless in his past five fights. The 34-year-old San Diego resident has not fought since a May 2020 loss to Calvin Kattar.
Klose (11-2-1) has won three of his past four bouts. The 33-year-old Arizona resident was coming off a knockout loss to Beneil Dariush at UFC 248 on March 7, 2020.
Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card will be headlined by a pivotal middleweight clash between former champion Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum.