The UFC 277 card has undergone some shuffling, as both Diego Ferreira and Mariya Agapova have been forced to withdraw from their respective bouts.
Ferreira has pulled out of a proposed lightweight clash against Drakkar Klose due to an undisclosed injury. The promotion is currently seeking a replacement opponent for Klose. BJPenn.com was first to report Ferreira’s exit.
Ferreira went 0-3 in 2021, falling to ranked lightweights Beneil Dariush, Gregor Gillespie and Mateusz Gamrot in succession. Prior to that skid, the Fortis MMA product own six consecutive bouts in UFC competition from 2016 to 2020.
Klose has won four of his last five Octagon appearances. Most recently, the 34-year-old Fight Ready representative scored a second-round TKO of Brandon Jenkins at UFC on ESPN 34.
Elsewhere on the UFC 277 bill, Joselyne Edwards will replace Agapova and lock horns with Ji Yeon Kim in a women’s flyweight bout. MMAFighting.com reported the news, adding that Agapova withdrew as a result of a knee injury.
Edwards snapped a two-bout skid in her last outing, earning a unanimous verdict against Ramona Pascual at UFC 275 to improve to 2-2 during her tenure with the Las Vegas-based promotion.
Kim, meanwhile, is looking to end a three-bout losing streak. She has competed once per year since 2020, coming up short against the likes of Alexa Grasso, Molly McCann and Priscila Cachoeira.
UFC 277 takes place on July 30 at American Airlines Arena in Dallas and is headlined by a bantamweight championship rematch between Julianna Pena and Amanda Nunes. In the co-main event, Brandon Moreno and Kai Kara France will vie for the interim flyweight title.
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