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With hours of fight time, UFC Vegas 13 lost one of its biggest attractions as a middleweight fight between Ian Heinisch and Brendan Allen was taken off the main card of ESPN due to positive COVID-19, by official UFC statement
It is not known at this time who tested positive for coronavirus, but it was someone from the Heinisch team This is the second time this middleweight couple has been struck out after Heinisch withdrew from his initial fight in June due to an injury
Allen, who was entering the biggest fight of his young career, posted an Instagram statement an hour ago explaining the situation
NO FIGHT TONIGHT! The opponent has tested positive for Covid and therefore is working on something else for next year Thanks to everyone who helped me with this one super disappointed at the moment and just want to go home
A post shared by Brendan « All In » Allen (@ b_allen185) on Nov 7, 2020 at 12:07 pm PST
“NO FIGHT TONIGHT! The opponent has tested positive for Covid and is therefore working on something else for next year Thanks to everyone who helped me with this one, super disappointed at the moment and just wanting to go home ”, a writes Allen
Heinisch, 32, just completed a first round TKO against Gerald Meerschaert in June The arrival helped break a two-game losing streak for Heinisch and improved his Octagon overall record to 3-2 Le no The candidate ranked 15th in middleweight will have to wait until next year to climb into the top 10
Allen, 24, has been unstoppable since making his UFC debut just over a year ago. The former LFA middleweight champion produced a 3-0 record inside the Octagon with saves on Kevin Holland and Tom Breese The Roufusport product hoped to become the first fighter to finish Heinisch under the UFC banner and claim his own place in the top 15 He will also have to wait
UFC Vegas 13 takes place later tonight (Saturday, Nov 7, 2020) live on ESPN from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, as Thiago Santos takes on Glover Teixeira in a light heavyweight main event A featherweight clash between Giga Chikadze and Jamey Simmons has been moved to the main map to replace Heinisch vs Allen
MMAmaniacom to offer live, turn-based, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Vegas 13 fight map this weekend HERE, starting with ESPN ‘prelims’, which are set to begin at 7 p.m. ET, then the remaining main card balance on ESPN and ESPN2 at 10 p.m. ET
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