MMA Odds and Ends for Friday: Amanda Ribas pulled from TUF 25 Finale for for potential anti-doping violation

UFC officials announced Thursday that newcomer Amanda Ribas (6-1) has been pulled from her TUF 25 Finale matchup against Juliana Lima (9-3) on July 7th due to a potential USADA anti-doping policy violation. USADA released a statement saying this stemmed from an out-of-competition sample collected earlier this month on June 7th. The UFC is currently seeking a new opponent for Lima.

Here’s an updated look at the card…

Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Johnson
TBA vs. TBA – “TUF 25” welterweight tournament final
Teruto Ishihara vs. Gray Maynard
Brad Tavares vs. Elias Theodorou
Steve Bosse vs. Jared Cannonier
Marc Diakiese vs. Drakkar Klose
Angela Hill vs. Ashley Yoder
Marcel Fortuna vs. Jordan Johnson
C.B. Dollaway vs. Ed Herman
Jessica Eye vs. Aspen Ladd
Juliana Lima vs. TBA

UFC Fight Night 111 early weigh-in results

MAIN CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 8 a.m. ET)

Holly Holm (135) vs. Bethe Correia (136)
Andrei Arlovski (243) vs. Marcin Tybura (242)
Colby Covington (171) vs. Dong Hyun Kim (171)
Rafael dos Anjos (170) vs. Tarec Saffiedine (170)

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 4:30 a.m. ET)

Takanori Gomi (156) vs. Jon Tuck (156)
Cyril Asker (245) vs. Walt Harris (249)
Alex Caceres (146) vs. Rolando Dy (146)
Ulka Sasaki (125) vs. Justin Scoggins (126)
Frank Camacho (169) vs. Li Jingliang (170)
Russell Doane (135) vs. Kwan Ho Kwak (136)
Carls John de Tomas (131)* vs. Naoki Inoue (124)
Ji Yeon Kim (136) vs. Lucie Pudilova (134)

*de Tomas was fined 30 percent of his show purse, which goes to Inoue

Written by James Lynch

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