One of the top fights at UFC 296 is CANCELLED!

One of the most interesting bouts of the stacked UFC 296 has been cancelled as featherweight top dog Giga Chikadze is out of his fight against former interim title contender Josh Emmett. The No. 8 ranked 145’er is out of the bout due to a groin injury.

On Monday night, Chikadze posted a video on X of the moment he suffered a torn groin while preparing for the important fight. At the moment, it’s unclear if Emmett will remain on the fight card.

Sh*t happens! Tore groin! I’ll be back soon! pic.twitter.com/ABMggWhHdM

— GIGACHAD (@giga_chikadze) December 5, 2023

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Updated UFC 296 fight card

UFC 296 will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday December 16. The card is headlined by a massive welterweight title fight between champion Leon Edwards and former interim champ Colby Covington. Check out the card below!

Main card

• Welterweight title bout: Leon Edwards (c) vs. Colby Covington
• Flyweight title bout: Alexandre Pantoja (c) vs. Brandon Royval
• Welterweight bout: Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Stephen Thompson
• Lightweight bout: Tony Ferguson vs. Paddy Pimblett
• Welterweight bout: Vicente Luque vs. Ian Machado Garry

Preliminary card 

• Women’s Bantamweight bout: Irene Aldana vs. Karol Rosa
• Featherweight bout: Josh Emmett vs. Giga Chikadze
• Bantamweight bout: Cody Garbrandt vs. Brian Kelleher
• Women’s Flyweight bout: Casey O’Neill vs. Ariane Lipski

Early preliminary card 

• Light Heavyweight bout: Alonzo Menifield vs. Dustin Jacoby
• Flyweight bout: Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Cody Durden
• Featherweight bout: Andre Fili vs. Lucas Almeida
• Heavyweight bout: Martin Buday vs. Shamil Gaziev
• Welterweight bout: Randy Brown vs. Muslim Salikhov

* Fight card is a subject of change

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