{"id":336194,"date":"2025-12-10T06:07:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T06:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/336194\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T06:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T06:07:15","slug":"melsik-baghdasaryan-withdraws-ufc-vegas-112-fight-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/336194\/","title":{"rendered":"Melsik Baghdasaryan withdraws, UFC Vegas 112 fight canceled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The final ESPN-era Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fight card has officially taken a hit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Featherweights Melsik Baghdasaryan and Joanderson Brito will no longer throw down at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-fight-cards\/400938\/ufc-vegas-112-fight-card-start-time-date-location-royval-vs-kape\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC Vegas 112<\/a> this weekend (Sat., Dec. 13, 2025) after Baghdasaryan withdrew from the bout. No reason has been given for his withdrawal, and it\u2019s still unclear whether Brito will remain on the card. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AgFight\/status\/1998485218324340916?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ag.Fight <\/a>was first to report the news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For what it\u2019s worth, this isn\u2019t the first time these two were booked. They were slated to meet back in 2022, and Baghdasaryan pulled out of that matchup as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Baghdasaryan (8-3) has had a rough run in the promotion so far. Six of his scheduled fights have been canceled \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2024\/2\/6\/24063788\/troubling-trend-continues-ufc-removes-another-two-fighters-from-upcoming-lineup-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with four withdrawals coming from his side <\/a>\u2014 leaving the 33-year-old with just five Octagon appearances in five years. \u201cThe Gun\u201d enters this latest setback coming off a first-round knockout loss to Jean Silva at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/2\/22\/24367233\/ufc-seattle-results-live-streaming-updates-henry-cejudo-vs-song-yadong-espn-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC Seattle<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/2\/22\/24370592\/watch-video-highlights-ufc-seattle-results-espn-jean-silva-knockout\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watch highlights<\/a>), and he\u2019s currently 3-2 inside the cage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Brito (17-5-1) heads into fight week riding the first losing streak of his career. He got dominated by Pat Sabatini in his most recent outing, dropping a unanimous decision, and before that suffered a surprising split decision defeat to William Gomis as a heavy -340 favorite. \u201cTubarao\u201d is 5-3 in UFC, with all five of those victories coming by finish (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2022\/10\/15\/23406139\/watch-ufc-vegas-62-full-fight-video-highlights-results-espn-brito-submission-alexander\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">like this<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Here is what UFC Vegas 112 looks like now:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Brandon Royval vs. Manel Kape<br \/>Giga Chikadze vs. Kevin Vallejos<br \/>Cesar Almeida vs. Cezary Oleksiejczuk<br \/>Amanda Lemos vs. Gillian Robertson<br \/>Marcus Buchecha vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu<br \/>Joanderson Brito vs. TBD<br \/>Yaroslav Amosov vs. Neil Magny<br \/>Morgan Charriere vs. Melquizael Costa<br \/>Sean Sharaf vs. Steven Asplund<br \/>Luana Santos vs. Melissa Croden<br \/>Allen Frye vs. Guilherme Pat<br \/>Tereza Bleda vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">To checkout the latest and greatest UFC Vegas 112: \u201cRoyval vs. Kape\u201d news and notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive event archive right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-espn-plus-fight-pass-events-schedule-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final ESPN-era Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fight card has officially taken a hit. 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