Milestone UFC Fight Night Card Loses Co-Main Event on Weigh-in Day

UFC Vegas 100 has been hit with another major cancellation.

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The centennial UFC Fight Night card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, NV has lost its co-main event on weigh-in day.

Ricky Turcios Withdraws From UFC Vegas 100

Set to take place a week before the highly-anticipated UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden, UFC Vegas 100 is headlined by a matchup between perennial top-ranked welterweight Neil Magny and rising contender Carlos Prates.

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The card already took one significant hit when former UFC Bantamweight Champion Cody Garbrandt was forced to withdraw from a planned co-main event bout with Miles Johns, and now the UFC has announced that the replacement co-main event between Ricky Turcios and Bernado Supaj has also been scrapped due to a medical issue on the part of Turcios (h/t Nolan King).

UFC Vegas 100 already lost its original co-main event when Cody Garbrandt withdrew from the card. / Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

While it wasn't the most high-profile co-main event, the bantamweight matchup was a significant fight for Turcios given that the The Ultimate Fighter 29 winner has gone 1-2 across his last three fights, while Sopaj was looking to rebound from a knockout-loss to Vinicius Oliveira that came in the Swede’s promotional debut back in March.

The cancellation comes after both men successfully hit the bantamweight limit on weigh-in day for UFC Vegas 100, where Melissa Mullins missed weight by a pound for her women’s bantamweight fight with Klaudia Sygula and UFC newcomer Zach Scroggins came in three pounds heavy for a short-notice opportunity against Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos.

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Neil Magny will meet Carlos Prates in the main event of UFC Vegas 100. / Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images

A main card matchup between longtime UFC veteran Gerald Meerschaert and former ONE Championship titleholder Reinier de Ridder will presumably be bumped up to the co-main event spot to replace Turcios vs. Sopaj, and barring any other surprise cancellations UFC Vegas 100 will now proceed with 11 fights.

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