Kai Kara-France announces he suffered an injury and is out of UFC 284 against Alex Perez: ‘I’m gutted I won’t be able to fight in front of everyone in Aus’
Kai Kara-France will not be fighting in Australia after all.
Kara-France was booked to fight at UFC 284 in Perth, Australia against Alex Perez in a battle of top-10 flyweights. However, the Kiwi took to Instagram on Thursday to announce he suffered an injury and had to pull out of his UFC 284 fight in Australia.
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“Unfortunately due to injury, I’ve had to pull out of my up coming fight in Perth. I’m gutted I won’t be able to fight in front of everyone in Aus. To everyone who supports me, Im sorry. This has been frustrating but i know I’m making the right decision. Hopefully me and @alexperezmma can run it back next year. Enjoy the holidays and stay safe. Will see you back in the Octagon 2023. Much love everyone!,” Kara-France wrote on Instagram.
Kai Kara-France (24-10 and one No Contest) was looking to return to the win column as he was coming off a TKO loss to Brandon Moreno at UFC 277 for the interim flyweight title. Prior to that, he was on a three-fight win streak with wins over Askar Askarov by decision, a KO win over Cody Garbrandt, and a KO win over Rogerio Bontorin.
Kara-France has been in the UFC since 2018 and is 6-3 inside the Octagon with his other wins over Tyson Nam, Mark De La Rosa, and Raulian Paiva. His other two losses are a submission loss to Brandon Royval and a decision loss to Moreno in 2019.
With Kara-France vs. Perez off, UFC 284 is as follows:
- Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski
- Yair Rodriguez vs. Josh Emmett
- Zhang Mingyang vs. Tyson Pedro
- Jack Jenkins vs. Don Shainis
- Parker Porter vs. Justin Tafa
- Josh Culibao vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan
- Jimmy Crute vs. Alonzo Menifield
- Shannon Ross vs. Kleydson Rodrigues
- Alex Perez vs. opponent TBA
- Loma Lookboonmee vs. Elise Reed
