After Cody Garbrandt pulled out against Miles Johns, Ricky Turcios vs. Bernardo Sopaj was scheduled to be the UFC Vegas 100 co-main event. However, according to UFC officials, Turcios has pulled out due to medical issues.
Nolan King reported the news on X:
Gerald Meerschaert vs. Reinier de Ridder is the new co-main event, and Gastón Bolaños vs. Cortavious Romious has been moved up to the main card as well. Having two co-main event fights canceled is understandably disappointing for fans, but many are happy to see De Ridder up the order.
UFC Vegas 100 Card Updated Order
Here's what the coming UFC card looks like after the latest developments:
Main Card
- Neil Magny vs. Carlos Prates, welterweight (Main event)
- Gerald Meerschaert vs. Reinier de Ridder, middleweight (Co-main event)
- Gaston Bolanos vs. Cortavious Romious, bantamweight
- Luana Pinheiro vs. Gillian Robertson, women’s strawweight
- Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Dusko Todorovic, middleweight
Prelims
- Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Denise Gomes, women's strawweight
- Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Zach Scroggin, welterweight
- Matthew Semelsberger vs. Charles Radtke, welterweight
- Cody Stamann vs. Da’Mon Blackshear, bantamweight
- Tresean Gore vs. Antonio Trocoli, middleweight
- Melissa Mullins vs. Klaudia Syguła, women's bantamweight
Marcel Dorff reported the updated order for UFC Vegas 100 on X:
"The Dutch Knight" boasts an impressive 17-2 record, and has only lost to undefeated Anatoly Malykhin. De Ridder is a former ONE world champion at middleweight and light heavyweight. He aims to finish Meerschaert in his UFC debut to create a solid first impression in the middleweight division.
Bantamweight contenders Gastón Bolaños and Cortavious Romious will now fight on a bigger stage too. Bolaños is coming off a TKO loss and Romious is making his UFC debut after earning a contract at Dana White's Contender Series Season 8 Week 2.