Marvin Vettori has been forced to withdraw from UFC Fight Night 280.
Vettori (19-10-1 MMA, 9-8-1 UFC), who was scheduled to face Ismail Naurdiev (25-8 MMA, 4-3 UFC) on June 27 from Baku Crystal Hall in Azerbaijan, took to his Instagram story to announce that he broke his ribs.
“Unfortunately I’m here to tell you that a few days ago, I got hurt on my rib,” Vettori said. “I did an MRI and it came back today showing that the rib is broken so, I won’t be fighting June 27. I was really looking forward to this fight. I moved from Florida to California for this camp. I wanted to get back to my roots, train with Beneil (Dariush), train with Julian for my boxing, train with Chase for my conditioning.
“I was feeling good, but sometimes sh*t happens and you can’t do anything about it. So yeah, now I’m just going to focus on my recovery, hopefully it doesn’t take too long, 4-6 weeks I’m good to train again. If they reschedule me with the same guy, great. If not, it doesn’t matter. Anybody is good to me. For everybody that supported me, I’m thankful for that, and I promise you that I will be back.”
Vettori was looking to rebound from a four-fight losing skid, where he most recently dropped a decision to Brunno Ferreira at UFC 323 this past December. The former middleweight title challenger’s most recent win came over Roman Dolidze at UFC 286 in March 2023.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Marvin Vettori out of UFC Baku due to injury