UFC Fight Night Has a New Featherweight Match Up As Previous Fight Gets Canceled

Published 02/03/2021, 4:31 AM EST

This weekend’s UFC Fight Night 184 has some significant changes yet again. A featherweight contest between promotional newcomer Denys Bonder and Ode Osbourne was supposed to take place. However, it is Jerome Rivera who will face Osbourne this weekend at 145 lbs.

Bonder has pulled out from the scheduled bout because of some unknown reason. Rivera and Osbourne were set to clash initially on January 20th in Fight Island. But, ‘The Oddity’ Osbourne pulled out last month due to undisclosed reasons as well. Interestingly, the new pairing was scheduled for a flyweight bout last month. This time they will fight, two weight classes above, at featherweight.

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Rivera is a Dana White’s Contender Series alumni. He fought flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo’s brother, Franciso Figueiredo, last month and lost by decision. Previously, he was stopped by Tyson Nam in his UFC debut.

‘The Renegade’ Rivera is still searching for his first triumph inside the Octagon. He has also fought Brandon Royval under the LFA promotion and has lost by TKO due to an arm injury. The submission artist will be determined to turn the tide in his favor this time.

Osbourne, yet another alumnus of Dana White’s Contender Series, made his UFC debut at UFC 246 against Brian Kelleher and lost by submission. Akin to Rivera, he too is looking to get his hand raised in the Octagon.

It will be interesting, as both the fighters will be competing against each other in a much higher weight class than their usual at 145 lbs.

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UFC Fight Night 184 is headlined by Alistair Overeem vs Alexander Volkov

‘The Demolition Man‘ Overeem will face Russian heavyweight Volkov in an intriguing clash. Also, Frankie Edgar and top contender Cory Sandhagen will engage in an enticing bantamweight contest in the co-main event. Bantamweight contender Cody Stenman also returns against Askar Askar.

Beneil Dariush and Diego Ferreira are set for an important clash at 155 lbs. Veterans Michael Johnson and Clay Guida will get on it at the lightweight division too for the featured prelims bout.

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Apratim Banerjee is an MMA author for EssentiallySports and has been writing professionally for almost a year. Before his current gig, Apratim worked as a UFC writer for Sportskeeda. A long-time MMA fan, Apratim has developed a critical eye for the sport that has helped him transfer his vast knowledge to his copies and give hardcore and casual readers a detailed insight into the fights and fighters.

UFC Fight Night Has a New Featherweight Match Up As Previous Fight Gets Canceled

UFC Fight Night 184 is headlined by Alistair Overeem vs Alexander Volkov

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