Junyong Park not medically cleared, UFC on ESPN 60 co-main event vs. Brad Tavares scrapped
There seemed to be good vibes at the UFC on ESPN 60 official weigh-ins after everyone hit their marks.
LAS VEGAS – There seemed to be good vibes at the UFC on ESPN 60 official weigh-ins after everyone hit their marks.
But then things took a turn into #ApexVibes territory when the co-main event, just minutes after it had become official when both fighters made weight, was scrapped.
Junyong Park (17-6 MMA, 7-3 UFC) made weight without issues for his middleweight co-main event against Brad Tavares (20-9 MMA, 15-9 UFC) about 10 minutes into the two-hour window. After that, he had to go through customary physical checks with the Nevada Athletic Commission, and he didn’t pass.
Tavares made weight a bit later at 185.5, but it proved to be pointless when the commission ruled Park out at UFC on ESPN 60 (ESPN/ESPN+), which takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
That makes the featherweight fight between Seungwoo Choi (11-6 MMA, 4-5 UFC) and Steve Garcia (15-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) the new co-main event.
With 34 combined UFC fights, the bout between Park and Tavares was by far the one between the two most experienced fighters on Saturday’s lineup, which will move forward with 11 bouts and a new start time.
With the change, the UFC on ESPN 60 lineup now includes:
MAIN CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Amanda Lemos vs. Virna Jandiroba
- Seungwoo Choi vs. Steve Garcia
- Kurt Holobaugh vs. Kaynan Kruschewsky
- Cody Durden vs. Bruno Silva
- Bill Algeo vs. Dooho Choi
- Hyder Amil vs. Jeong Yeong Lee
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2/ESPN+, 5:30 p.m. ET)
- Cody Gibson vs. Brian Kelleher
- Dione Barbosa vs. Miranda Maverick
- Trey Ogden vs. Loik Radzhabov
- Luana Carolina vs. Lucie Pudilova
- Thomas Petersen vs. Mohammed Usman