This Saturday’s UFC Vegas 51 Fight Night card just got hit with a hard fight cancellation. Longtime action-talent Elizeu Zaleski appears to have withdrawn from his bout against Mounir Lazzez, with MMA Fighting reporting that the Brazilian has cited ‘personal reasons’ as the reason for his removal from the event.
Zaleski (23-7) was entering the bout off a hard fought decision win over Benoit St. Denis at UFC 267 in October of last year. That victory provided a much-needed bounce-back for the 35-year-old, following a split decision loss to Muslim Salikhov in July of 2020.
No word yet if the UFC plans to find a replacement opponent for Lazzez, or to simply re-book the bout for a later event.