Cody Garbrandt will need a new opponent for his return to bantamweight. Rani Yahya (28-10-1 MMA, 13-4-1 UFC) has been forced to withdraw from their July 9 matchup at the UFC Apex due to a neck injury. It is unknown whether Garbrandt (12-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) will remain on the card. A person with knowledge of the matchup recently informed MMA Junkie of the change after an initial report from MMA Fighting . Garbrandt, who debuted at flyweight in his past outing, was looking to rebound from his first-round knockout loss to Kai Kara-France at UFC 269. The former bantamweight champion has lost five of six fights, with his lone win in that stretch coming in a buzzer-beater knockout of Raphael Assuncao in June 2020.
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Neck injury forces Rani Yahya out of Cody Garbrandt fight on July 9 – MMA Junkie