The UFC 330 fight card continues to struggle with Geoff Neal vs. Chidi Njokuani now off the lineup.
Neal (16-8 MMA, 8-6 UFC) has withdrawn from his scheduled welterweight bout against Njokuani (25-12 MMA, 5-5 UFC) at the Aug. 15 event at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia (Paramount+).
The reason for Neal’s withdrawal has not been revealed at this time. A person with knowledge of the situation verified his removal from the card following an initial report from Marcel Dorff of Heavy.
According to a person with knowledge of the situation, matchmakers are seeking a replacement opponent to fight Njokuani at UFC 330.
The current UFC 330 lineup now includes:
- Islam Makhachev vs. Ian Machado Garry – for welterweight title
- Mackenzie Dern vs. Gillian Robertson – for strawweight title
- Edson Barboza vs. Esteban Ribovics
- Tresean Gore vs. Vicente Luque
- Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
- Myktybek Orolbai vs. Jeremiah Wells
- Chidi Njokuani vs. opponent TBA
- Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Neil Magny
- Kaue Fernandes vs. Jalin Turner
- Charles Johnson vs. Jose Ochoa
- Lucas Fernando vs. Rafael Tobias
- Donte Johnson vs. Eric McConico
