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Brian Kelleher Out Of UFC 230 Due To Illness, Fight With Montel Jackson Cancelled

November 3, 2018 | Posted by Joseph Lee

The card for UFC 230, which happens tonight, just dropped by one. MMA Junkie reports that Brian Kelleher has backed out of the event due to illness, meaning his fight with Montel Jackson has been pulled from the UFC Fight Pass preliminary card. The event happens tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It airs on PPV after preliminary fights on FS1.

Kelleher missed weight by a pound yesterday at the weigh-ins, but was still set to fight before this happened. It’s believed his illness is not related to his weight cut and is due to food poisoning. Here’s the updated card:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Champ Daniel Cormier vs. Derrick Lewis – for heavyweight title
Ronaldo Souza vs. Chris Weidman
David Branch vs. Jared Cannonier
Jack Marshman vs. Karl Roberson
Israel Adesanya vs. Derek Brunson

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)
Jason Knight vs. Jordan Rinaldi
Sijara Eubanks vs. Roxanne Modafferi
Julio Arce vs. Sheymon Moraes
Lyman Good vs. Ben Saunders

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET)
Matt Frevola vs. Lando Vannata
Shane Burgos vs. Kurt Holobaugh
Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Adam Wieczorek

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