Cody
Garbrandt has pulled out of a proposed clash against
Mario
Bautista at
UFC
292.
Garbrandt’s exit from the bantamweight bout was announced during
the UFC on ESPN 51 broadcast on Saturday night. The nature of
Garbrandt’s injury was not revealed. The promotion is currently
seeking a replacement opponent for Bautista. UFC 292 takes place on
Aug. 19 at the TD Garden in Boston and is headlined by a
bantamweight title clash between
Aljamain
Sterling and Sean O’Malley.
Garbrandt returned to the win column at UFC 285, where he captured
a unanimous verdict against
Trevin
Jones on March 4. The 32-year-old Team Alpha Male product has
struggled in recent years, going 2-5 in UFC appearances since
2017.
Bautista, meanwhile, has won four straight in UFC competition after
falling to Jones via second-round TKO at UFC 259.