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Mickey Gall removed from UFC on ESPN 7 after Carlos Condit’s withdrawal
Mickey Gall won’t fight at UFC on ESPN 7, after all.
Gall (6-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) originally was scheduled to meet Carlos Condit (30-13 MMA, 7-9 UFC) in a welterweight bout on next week’s card, but the former interim UFC champion had to pull out of the matchup because of an eye injury.
There were discussions about finding a replacement opponent for Gall, but ultimately it didn’t come to fruition. A UFC official on Tuesday told MMA Junkie that Gall will not compete at the event.
UFC on ESPN 7 takes place Dec. 7 at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. The card airs on ESPN following early prelims on ESPN+.
With Gall off the card, the revised bout order for UFC on ESPN 7 includes:
MAIN CARD (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET)
- Alistair Overeem vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
- Cynthia Calvillo vs. Marina Rodriguez
- Ben Rothwell vs. Stefan Struve
- Yana Kunitskaya vs. Aspen Ladd
- Cody Stamann vs. Song Yadong
- Rob Font vs. Ricky Simon
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, 7 p.m. ET)
- Thiago Alves vs. Tim Means
- Billy Quarantillo vs. TBA
- Bryce Mitchell vs. Matt Sayles
- Joe Solecki vs. Matt Wiman
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 5:30 p.m. ET)
- Virna Jandiroba vs. Mallory Martin
- Makhmud Muradov vs. Trevor Smith
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