UFC Fight Night 97, which was set to take place live from Pasay City, Philippines, has been canceled. A fighter scheduled to compete on the card revealed the news to The Sprawl’s own John King moments ago.

The card was originally set to be headlined by a featherweight bout between BJ Penn and Ricardo Lamas, but Penn withdrew from the bout with an injury days ago.

Here was the scheduled card:

  • Derrick Lewis vs. Marcin Tybura
  • Flyweight –  Yao Zhikui vs. Jenel Lausa
  • Featherweight –  Cole Miller vs. Mizuto Hirota
  • Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
  • Middleweight –  Sam Alvey vs. Alex Nicholson
  • Lightweight –  Jon Tuck vs. Alex Volkanovski
  • Middleweight –  Dong Yi Yang vs. Ryan Janes
  • Women’s Strawweight –  Seo Hee Ham vs. Danielle Taylor
  • Welterweight  – James Moontasri vs. Alex Morono
  • Flyweight –  Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Ali Bagautinov
  • Lightweight –  Damir Hadžović vs. Yusuke Kasuya
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