UFC 292: Fight Cancelled: UFC News: Geoff Neal vs Ian Garry, one of the fights in the UFC 292 main card has been cancelled, Geoff Neal has pulled himself out of the fight stating the reason as undisclosed health issues. What health issue exactly, is yet to be mentioned by the management as well as the fighter himself. Follow UFC News Updates with InsideSports.IN.
The UFC welterweight standings presently place Geoff Neal and Ian Garry at #8 and #13, respectively. The UFC 292: Sterling vs. O’Malley matchup was to be the first encounter between the two competitors. Machado, Ian Garry entered the battle on a five-fight winning streak while Neal had lost three of his previous five bouts.
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Fans Get Disappointed As UFC 292 Geoff Neal vs Ian Garry Gets Cancelled
On the main card of the Aug. 19 event, which takes place at TD Garden in Boston and airs on pay-per-view after prelims on ESPN and ESPN+, Neal (15-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) and Garry (12-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) were scheduled to square off.
Garry, 25, recently knocked out Daniel Rodriguez in the first round of UFC on ABC 4 in May. He’s 2-0 in the octagon so far this year and has won three of his five UFC fights via knockout.
MMA Orbit posted the update on their Twitter handle, which caused the fans to comment “Nooo” in dismay.
The Irishman hinted at Neil Magny as a potential substitute opponent in his reaction video and stated that he intended to stay on the UFC 292 card. Nevertheless, nothing has been verified as of yet.
The Fight of the Night at UFC 285 in March saw Neal, 32, lose by submission to Shavkat Rakhmonov. Neal was looking to bounce back. Prior to the fight, he failed to make weight for the first time in his career, ending a string of victories over Vicente Luque and Santiago Ponzinibbio.
UFC 292: Fight Cancelled, MMA Fans Disappointed: ‘Nooo’
The Latest Fight Card Now Includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Aljamain Sterling vs. Sean O’Malley – for bantamweight title
- Zhang Weili vs. Amanda Lemos – for strawweight title
- Ian Machado Garry vs. opponent TBA
- Mario Bautista vs. Cody Garbrandt
- Pedro Munhoz vs. Marlon Vera
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Brad Tavares vs. Chris Weidman
- Gregory Rodrigues vs. Denis Tiuliulin
- Kurt Holobaugh vs. Austin Hubbard – “TUF 31” lightweight final
- Brad Katona vs. opponent TBA – “TUF 31” bantamweight final
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. ET)
- Gerald Meerschaert vs. Andre Petroski
- Andrea Lee vs. Natalia Silva
- Maryna Moroz vs. Karine Silva
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