A few days before UFC 296 officially took place, Giga Chikadze said he was forced to withdraw from the event. The fighter is ranked 8th on the ranking of UFC's Featherweight weight, he said he had a groin injury during his training period. The groin muscles were torn that Giga Chikadze could not play.
“I will come back soon. Hope everyone waits in the near future,” Giga Chikadze wrote on his personal page. This is a pity for Giga Chikadze, who has a very good form recently. A victory over Josh Emmett can help him take the 6th rank of the opponent, and towards higher positions.
In the opposite direction, Giga Chikadze's injury caused UFC to be forced to find another martial artist instead he encountered Josh Emmett. The chosen character is Bryce Mitchell, the 10 -ranked boxer in this weight class. Mitchell only played in September, and he did not have much time to prepare before the match against Emmett.
Another main pair of UFC 296 must also cancel the competition between Vicente Luque and Ian Machado Garry. 2 fighters ranked 9 and 10 Welterweight's weight is expected to encounter each other, but this has eventually not happening. Garry announced the withdrawal because he had pneumonia before the event.
Welterweight is the place to witness the most canceled matches in UFC 296. Besides the competition of Vicente Luque and Ian Machado Garry, the match between Randy Brown and Muslim Salikhov also cannot take place. The reason is that Brown asked to withdraw, because he was sick before the event and was not like that.