UFC 334's lightweight and bantamweight bouts both changed in the days before the Nov. 14 card at Madison Square Garden, the promotion said in a card-update post dated Nov. 10.
The lightweight bout between Nazim Sadykhov and Jefferson Nascimento is off the card entirely. Nascimento withdrew with an injury, and Sadykhov, who said he had been managing an injury of his own for more than five weeks, asked the UFC not to look for a replacement opponent, according to MiddleEasy, which quoted his Instagram statement: "My opponent withdrew due to injury so myself and my team decided to let the UFC know to not find a replacement." MiddleEasy reported that Sadykhov does not expect to need surgery or face a long layoff.
Separately, Adrian Yanez was removed from his bantamweight bout against Juan Diaz because of an injury. Alatengheili steps in as his replacement, per the same UFC announcement. Neither the UFC nor either camp has given further detail on the nature of Nascimento's or Yanez's injuries.
Both changes leave the rest of UFC 334's lineup intact. Ciryl Gane defends the heavyweight title against unbeaten Josh Hokit in the main event, with Kayla Harrison putting her undisputed women's bantamweight title on the line against Amanda Nunes in the co-main. Stephen Thompson is also on the card in a welterweight bout against Charles Radtke that he has said will be the last of his UFC career.
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