UFC Seattle, featuring the return of former double-champion Henry Cejudo, is being branded as a ‘cursed’ event by MMA fans following a slew of fight cancellations.
The February 22 event makes the second live-crowd Fight Night of the year. In the marquee spot, Cejudo takes on perennial bantamweight contender Song Yadong, and the co-main features the exciting return of streaking middleweight prospect Anthony Hernandez as he takes on Brendan Allen.
At one point, the card offered an array of exciting fighters, including Dominick Cruz, Edson Barboza, Steve Garcia, and Curtis Blaydes, but they’ve all pulled out for one reason or another. Cruz retired after injuries forced his withdrawal, and Blaydes’ fight with Rizvan Kuniev was moved to UFC 313.
Now, a seventh fight has been canceled, as welterweight hopeful Adam Fugitt has announced his withdrawal in an Instagram story. Fugitt was already rescheduled to fight Billy Ray Goff after his original opponent, Islam Dulatov, withdrew.
MMA fans are in disbelief.
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MMA fans react to ‘cursed’ UFC Seattle cancellations
Sentiments are low for UFC Seattle following its plethora of fight cancellations. Fans swarmed to X to vent their frustrations with the fights.
“For f—- sake… This card is gonna have seven fights left at this rate.. truly cursed,” One user remarked.
“Seattle is the most cursed card ever,” Another said.
“This card is falling apart by the day,” One user said dejectedly.
“Card is falling apart,” A user remarked.
“I was going to buy tickets, I usually travel to Vegas for the UFC. This card sucks so bad it should be $50,” Another wrote.
UFC Seattle full card and all canceled fights
As of February 17, UFC Seattle has 11 scheduled fights, subject to change:
- Henry Cejudo vs. Song Yadong; Bantamweight
- Brendan Allen vs. Anthony Hernandez; Middleweight
- Rob Font vs. Jean Matsumoto; Featherweight
- Jean Silva vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan; Featherweight
- Alonzo Menifield vs. Julius Walker; Light Heavyweight
- Andre Fili vs. Melquizael Costa; Featherweight
- Ion Cutelaba vs. Ibo Aslan; Light Heavyweight
- Nursulton Ruziboev vs. Eric McConico; Middleweight
- Ricky Simon vs. Javid Basharat; Bantamweight
- Nick Klein vs. Mansur Abdul-Malik; Middleweight
- Modestas Buksauskas vs. Raffael Cerqueira; Light Heavyweight
The card has had seven cancellations overall:
- Ketlen vs. Vieira vs. Macy Chiasson; Chiasson withdrawal
- Edson Barboza vs. Steve Garcia; Barboza withdrawal
- Adam Fugitt vs. Islam Dulatov; Dulatov injured
- Adam Fugitt vs. Billy Ray Goff; Fugitt injured
- Curtis Blaydes vs. Rizvan Kuniev; Rescheduled
- Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Antonio Trocoli; Trocoli withdrawal
- Dominick Cruz vs. Rob Font; Cruz injured and retired