UFC Fight Night 238 Undergoes Multiple Changes, Turcios vs. Rosas Jr. Removed

This weekend’s UFC Fight Night 238 card will look different than originally anticipated.

First, a bantamweight showdown between Ricky Turcios and Raul Rosas Jr. will not move to Saturday’s event as it was initially announced over the weekend. Turcios and Rosas Jr. were supposed to meet at UFC Mexico this past Saturday but the bout was scrapped prior to walkouts on account of Rosas Jr. falling ill.

The promotion later announced that the bout would be rebooked for UFC Fight Night 238, but Turcios disputed that news on social media. Now, the fight is officially off, and it is unclear if it will be rebooked at a later date. MMAjunkie.com was first to report that Turcios vs. Rosas Jr. was not happening.

The Las Vegas-based organzation also confirmed multiple other changes to the UFC Fight Night 238 lineup on Tuesday.

Injury has forced Brendon Marotte to withdraw from a featherweight scrap against Mohammad Yahya, and as a result the fight has been canceled. The same is also true for Josefine Lindgren Knutsson, who was removed from a proposed strawweight pairing against Julia Polastri. However, Polastri will now step in for the injured Shauna Bannon and face Stephanie Luciano at UFC on ESPN 53 on March 23.

Meanwhile, Benardo Sopai will replace the injured Yanis Ghemmouri and meet Vinicius de Oliveira at bantamweight. Finally, visa issues have forced Joel Alvarez out of a clash against Ludovit Klein. Instead, A.J. Cunningham will face Klein in a new lightweight booking on Saturday.

UFC Fight Night 238 takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a heavyweight showdown pitting Jairzinho Rozenstruik against Shamil Gamziev.