Cody Garbrandt Pulled from UFC Fight Night 211 Card Due to Injury

Cody Garbrandt will not remain on the UFC Fight Night 211 card following an injury suffered in training.

Multiple outlets confirmed Garbrandt’s exit from the event following an initial report from ESPN. Garbrandt was originally expected to face Rani Yahya at the event, but Yahya pulled out of the fight as a result of a neck injury. Garbrandt was initially going to stay on the card against a replacement opponent.

A former 135-pound champion, Garbrandt is returning to the division following a short-lived stint at flyweight. In his lone 125-pound appearance, “No Love” fell to Kai Kara France via first-round technical knockout at UFC 269 on Dec. 11. The 31-year-old Ohioan has lost five of his last six in UFC competition.

UFC Fight Night 211 takes place on Oct. 1 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a strawweight tilt pitting Mackenzie Dern against Xiaonan Yan.