{"id":613195,"date":"2026-04-17T15:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/613195\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:47:09","slug":"ufc-winnipeg-hit-with-major-fight-cancellation-before-burns-vs-malott-weigh-ins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/613195\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Winnipeg Hit With Major Fight Cancellation Before Burns vs. Malott Weigh-Ins"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Saturday\u2019s UFC Winnipeg card has unfortunately been hit with a significant cancellation late into fight week. <\/p>\n

Scheduled to take place at the Canada Life Centre, the UFC\u2019s long-awaited return to Winnipeg<\/a> is headlined by a welterweight matchup between former title challenger Gilbert Burns and Canada\u2019s own Mike Malott.<\/p>\n

The card features plenty of other Canadian talent<\/a> and was originally set to include a total of 13 fights at the start of fight week. On Thursday, the promotion announced that a flyweight bout between Mitch Raposo and Allan Nascimento<\/a> has been pushed to the UFC Fight Night event scheduled for June 20 due to a Raposo illness. <\/p>\n

Mitch Raposo Fought His Way To The UFC In 2024<\/p>\n

A veteran of both Dana White\u2019s Contender Series and The Ultimate Fighter, Raposo missed out on joining the UFC through both of those avenues but persevered until he was finally given the chance to make his UFC debut on short notice in 2024. <\/p>\n

After dropping a decision to Liudvik Sholinian on TUF in 2021 and suffering a submission-loss to Jake Hadley on DWCS that same year, Raposo returned to the New England regional scene and stopped four-straight opponents, winning both the CES and Cage Titans flyweight belts in the process. <\/p>\n

\"Sumudaerji<\/p>\n

Sumudaerji (red gloves) fights against Mitch Raposo (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. | Sam Navarro-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old stepped up to face Andre Lima on short notice at UFC 302 and came one scorecard short of an upset before he also lost a split decision to Sumudaerji at UFC 324, but last October he finally secured his first Octagon victory when he upset Azat Maksum via unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

Allan Nascimento Has Won 4-Straight UFC Fights<\/p>\n

Nascimento also missed out on a UFC contract in 2018 when he lost a split decision to Raulian Paiva on DWCS, and after a lengthy layoff he returned to action in 2021 and submitted Elivaldo Lima in his native Brazil.<\/p>\n

Following a split decision loss to Tagir Ulanbekov in his promotional debut at UFC 267, Nascimento bested Raposo\u2019s former opponent Hadley and secured a \u201cPerformance of the Night\u201d bonus for submitting Carlos Hernandez in 2023. \u201cPuro Osso\u201d returned to action last year and defeated Jafel Filho in a bout that he unfortunately missed weight for before he earned another post-fight bonus for submitting Cody Durden in November. <\/p>\n

Hands up for Allan Nascimento \ud83d\ude4c \ud83d\ude4c #UFCVegas67<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/mwDNu2UOXZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 UFC (@ufc) January 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

The flyweight matchup is a solid addition to a UFC Vegas 119 card that\u2019s headlined by the rematch between Manel Kape and Kyoji Horiguchi, and this weekend\u2019s UFC Winnipeg event is now set to proceed with a total of 12 fights.<\/p>\n

UFC Winnipeg Fight Card<\/p>\n

Main Event: Gilbert Burns vs. Mike Malott<\/p>\n

Co-Main Event: Kyler Phillips vs. Charles Jourdain<\/p>\n

Mandel Nallo vs. Jai Herbert<\/p>\n

Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Karine Silva<\/p>\n

Thiago Moises vs. Gauge Young<\/p>\n

Dennis Buzukja vs. Marcio Barbosa <\/p>\n

Robert Valentin vs. Julien Leblanc<\/p>\n

Tanner Boser vs. Gokhan Saricam<\/p>\n

Melissa Croden vs. Darya Zheleznyakova<\/p>\n

JJ Aldrich vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth<\/p>\n

John Casta\u00f1eda vs. Mark Vologdin<\/p>\n

Jamie Siraj vs. John Yannis<\/p>\n

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