Drakkar Klose injured, UFC Vegas 24 co-headliner with Jeremy Stephens cancelled

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Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC An undisclosed injury to Drakkar Klose has scrapped his fight with Jeremy Stephens in the scheduled co-headliner of UFC Vegas 24.
The promotion announced Klose’s withdrawal from the card during the live broadcast kicking off the event at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. The card now features 10 bouts; a UFC official told MMA Fighting and a heavyweight fight between ex-champ Andrei Arlovski and Chase Sherman will now assume co-main event status on the official lineup.

Official update to our #UFCVegas24 fight card. pic.twitter.com/ryv5kkUpvJ
— UFC (@ufc) April 17, 2021​

Klose most recently appeared in the octagon in March 2020 at UFC 248, where he suffered a knockout loss to Beneil Dariush. Stephens was set to return to the lightweight division after a seven-year stint as a featherweight.
The two got heated at the event’s official weigh-ins, with officials stepping in two separate them after a shove from Stephens.
UFC Vegas 24 is headlined by a middleweight matchup between ex-champ Robert Whittaker and one-time interim title challenger Kelvin Gastelum.


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