The scheduled bout between Karo Parisyan and Yoshiyuki Yoshida for Saturday night’s UFC 88 in Atlanta has been scrapped.

The UFC have indicated that a last-minute injury has forced Parisyan to withdraw and with little time left before the fights, no opponent will be called upon as a replacement and the bout will be scrapped entirely.

UFC 88 will go on as schedule with nine fights. It’s expected that the fight between Korean fighter Dong Hyun Kim and Ultimate Fighter alumnus Matt Brown will be moved up from the preliminary bouts to the pay-per-view portion of the event.

Parisyan and Yoshida were both present at Thursday’s pre-fight press conference. At the time, Parisyan gave no indication of an injury.

Martin Smith
martin@mmapreview.com