UFC 273 fight cancelled due to illness, Marcin Tybura vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik removed
After successfully weighing in today for his scheduled UFC 273 bout tomorrow, Marcin Tybura will not fight tomorrow.
Both Tybura and his opponent, Jairzinho Rozenstruik, made weight in Florida this morning ahead of Saturday night’s fights but the bout will now be removed from the event after Tybura has fallen ill.
The bout was scheduled for Saturday’s preliminary card on ESPN at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.
Tybura weighed in at 253 pounds while his opponent came in not far behind at 252.5.
UFC officials announced the cancellation this afternoon.
This was the second time that the Marcin Tybura vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik fight has been canceled. The two heavyweights were originally slated to compete against one another in February but the fight was delayed in January for undisclosed reasons.
With the cancellation, the UFC 273 lineup now includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Alexander Volkanovski vs. Chan Sung Jung
Aljamain Sterling vs. Petr Yan
Gilbert Burns vs. Khamzat Chimaev
Mackenzie Dern vs. Tecia Torres
Mark Madsen vs. Vinc Pichel
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
Ian Garry vs. Darian Weeks
Aspen Ladd vs. Raquel Pennington
Mickey Gall vs. Mike Malott
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
Aleksei Oleinik vs. Jared Vanderaa
Josh Fremd vs. Anthony Hernandez
Kay Hansen vs. Piera Rodriguez
Julio Arce vs. Daniel Santos
