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A new bout has been added to this Saturday’s card as Christos Giagos replaces Rick Glenn against Carlton Minus.
As reported on Wednesday, Rick Glenn has been forced to pull out from the card due to an allegedly positive COVID-19 test. No official statement from the promotion has been made yet.
Now, Christos Giagos (17-8 MMA; 3-4 UFC) has accepted to step in on three days’ notice to face the Alaskan Carlton Minus (10-2 MMA; 0-1 UFC), sources with knowledge of the situation told BJPENN.com. The sources asked for anonymity since the news hasn’t been officially confirmed yet.
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UFC Vegas 17 is down one fighter after lightweight vet Rick Glenn was forced to withdraw from a fight against Carlton Minus on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas.
Multiple people with knowledge of the shift confirmed the news to MMA Fighting after a tweet from reporter Al Zullino; the reason for Glenn’s withdrawal could not be confirmed at the time of this writing. A replacement is being sought for Minus.
If Minus gets a new opponent, the fight card will hold steady at 14 bouts. Several matchups have been cancelled due to positive COVID-19 tests, including welterweight headliner Leon Edwards, who was scheduled to fight Khamzat Chimaev.
After the most tumultuous year in the organization’s history, the final UFC event of 2020 UFC on ESPN+ 42 is upon us at last. With the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it is a safe bet that the early fight cards of 2021 will struggle with the same scheduling difficulties as the events of 2020, but the UFC closes the year with a card filled with rising stars and grisled veterans.
The headlining affair was slated to pit breakout phenom Khamzat Chimaev against Leon Edwards, but alas, that fight fell through due to the coronavirus. In its place, Fortis MMA standout Geoff Neal now takes on former two-time title challenger Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson in the evening’s main event.
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Stephen Thompson is the No. 5-ranked welterweight and is a slim +100 dog against Geoff Neal at the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday.
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UFC odds are on the board for the full Fight Night card on December 12 with Stephen Wonderboy Thompson set to face Geoff Neal in the main event.
This should be an intriguing bout between a pair of welterweight contenders with Wonderboy looking to earn himself another title shot and Neal looking to climb the ladder. MMA odds have shifted, with Neal as a slim -125 favorite while Thompson comes back at +100.
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Quarantillo, a contestant on
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