The scheduled light heavyweight bout between CB Dolloway and Francimar Barosso for tonight’s UFC 203 has been canceled after Dolloway suffered an injury last night in an elevator accident at the fight hotel in Cleveland.
UFC officials announced the fight cancelation in a statement on Saturday morning.
“UFC announced that CB Dollaway has had to withdraw from his scheduled bout at UFC 203 due to an injury he suffered last night as a result of an elevator accident at a hotel in Cleveland,” the UFC statement said. “UFC officials have been in communication with hotel management, and the hotel is currently evaluating and investigating the issues surrounding the incident.”
Tonight’s UFC 203 fight card will go forward with ten fights and the fight card lineup is below.
Main Card: (PPV – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
Stipe Miocic (15-2) vs. Alistair Overeem (41-14, 1NC)
Fabricio Werdum (20-6-1) vs. Travis Browne (18-4-1)
CM Punk (0-0) vs. Mickey Gall (2-0)
Urijah Faber (33-9) vs. Jimmie Rivera (19-1)
Jessica Andrade (14-5) vs. Joanne Calderwood (11-1)
Preliminary Card: (FS1 – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Jessica Eye (11-5, 1NC) vs. Bethe Correia (9-2)
Nik Lentz (26-7-2, 1NC) vs. Michael McBride (8-1)
Brad Tavares (13-4) vs. Caio Magalhaes (9-2)
Drew Dober (16-7, 1NC) vs. Jason Gonzalez (10-2)
Preliminary Card: (UFC Fight Pass – 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT)
Yancy Medeiros (12-4, 1NC) vs. Sean Spencer (12-5)