Report: Ramazan Emeev Forced to Pull Out of UFC Fight Night 190

“Gorets” had to pull out from his scheduled fight on June 26.

It appears that the upcoming UFC Fight Night 190 card has just lost one of its welterweight clashes. According to a report from MMA Fighting, the bout between Ramazan Emeev and Warlley Alves dropped off the card after Emeev exited. At the moment of publication, the fighter hasn’t disclosed the reason. Alves is currently looking for a new opponent at 170.

Two-time M-1 Global 185-pound kingpin Emeev (20-4, 5-1 UFC) is currently looking for his third-straight victory inside the Octagon. In his previous appearances, the 34-year old Russian upended Niklas Stolze via unanimous decision and edged David Zawada thanks to a narrow split decision at UFC on ESPN 14 and UFC on ABC 1, respectively. The only fighter to top “Gorets” inside the UFC was Anthony Rocco Martin at UFC Fight Night 163, where Martin outpointed Emeev.

Most recently, Alves (14-4, 6-4 UFC) put away Mounir Lazzez with a vicious series of kicks in the first stanza of the co-main event of UFC on ESPN 20. Prior, the Brazilian fighter alternated victories and defeats as he rendered Sergio Moraes unconscious at UFC 237 before tapping to a triangle choke by Randy Brown at UFC Fight Night 164.

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UFC Fight Night 190 will go down at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on June 26. The card is headlined by a heavyweight tilt between Ciryl Gane and Alexander Volkov. In the co-main event, Ovince St. Preux will locks horns with Maxim Grishin in a light heavyweight tussle.