Two fighters scheduled to compete later this month will not be making the trip to “Fight Island.”
MMA Fighting confirmed with sources that welterweights Danny Roberts and Shavkat Rakhmonov are out of their respective bouts opposite Nicolas Dalby and Ramazan Emeev, which were scheduled for the upcoming July 25 “Fight Island” show in Abu Dhabi. The withdrawals were first reported by MMA Junkie.
Roberts also confirmed his scratch due to injury via Instagram on Thursday
Rakhmonov’s withdrawal is due to injury, while the reason for the Roberts scratch was not disclosed.