MMA Fighting confirmed with people with knowledge of the change that the Roberson vs. Lungiambula middleweight bout will not take place at this Saturday’s UFC 256 card after Roberson tested positive for COVID-19.
The news was first broken by Lungiambula via Twitter.
To my family, friends, and team champion. Thank you so much for the love and support.
My opponent @karlbabyk has been diagnosed with COVID-19, therefore @UFC has decided to move our fight to the 19th DECEMBER 2020. Wishing @K_babyk_roberson a speedy recovery. pic.twitter.com/PI7fM3SJAY
— Dalcha Lungiambula (@Dalcha_Champion) December 7, 2020
According to Lungiambula, the bout has been rescheduled for a week later at UFC Vegas 17, but a source told MMA Fighting that the re-booking is not yet official.My opponent @karlbabyk has been diagnosed with COVID-19, therefore @UFC has decided to move our fight to the 19th DECEMBER 2020. Wishing @K_babyk_roberson a speedy recovery. pic.twitter.com/PI7fM3SJAY
— Dalcha Lungiambula (@Dalcha_Champion) December 7, 2020
Roberson (9-3) is hoping to close out his year with a win after losing a grudge match against Marvin Vettori in June. His UFC record fell to 4-3. The 2017 Contender Series signing hold’s UFC wins over Roman Kopylov, Wellington Turman, Jack Marshman, and Darren Stewart.
Lungiambula (10-2) seeks to improve on his 1-1 UFC record. He beat Dequan Townsend by third-round TKO in his UFC debut before falling to Magomed Ankalev in his next fight.
See the updated UFC 256 lineup below:
Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno
Tony Ferguson vs. Charles Oliveira
Renato Moicano vs. Rafael Fiziev
Ronaldo Souza vs. Kevin Holland
Junior dos Santos vs. Ciryl Gane
Cub Swanson vs. Daniel Pineda
Mackenzie Dern vs. Virna Jandiroba
Billy Quarantillo vs. Gavin Tucker
Jared Vanderaa vs. Serghei Spivac
Li Jingliang vs. Dwight Grant
Chase Hooper vs. Peter Barrett
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