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Danis out of the Perry fight on 48 hours’ notice, stitches on display, and a wrestling title match now under a bandaged arm

Perry announced the withdrawal himself at the press conference and did not pretend to be surprised. An hour later, Danis posted the wound: a deep arm laceration being sutured, origin unexplained. The fight is dead, the replacement is on a plane, and the October date with Tsarukyan just acquired an asterisk.

By Andrew Weissmann

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Danis out of the Perry fight on 48 hours’ notice, stitches on display, and a wrestling title match now under a bandaged arm

Danis out of the Perry fight on 48 hours’ notice, stitches on display, and a wrestling title match now under a bandaged arm

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Danis out of the Perry fight on 48 hours’ notice, stitches on display, and a wrestling title match now under a bandaged arm

Latest in combat sports

Usman puts a number on the standoff: he turned down $2 million from the PFL, and his ask was higher

UFC Shanghai preview: Umar Nurmagomedov’s title case meets Song Yadong’s home crowd.

BKB 58’s seismic rewrite: Terrill flies in on three days’ notice to challenge Trujillo for the heavyweight title

DWCS wrap: Apodaca authors the biggest upset in the show’s history, and five fighters leave with contracts

Cyborg wins No. 30 in her billed farewell, keeps the belt, and declines to say goodbye: ‘I’m ready for anybody. Any time, any weight.’

Cejudo pins Dvalishvili in 36 seconds at RAF 12, takes the belt, and calls his next shot: ‘Cody Garbrandt, you’re next’

UFC Sacramento wrap: Rodrigues spoils the homecoming and banks the card’s biggest check, while De Ridder announces himself at 205

Volkanovski’s coach says the hole in Ruffy’s game is closed before UFC 331: ‘Arman’s in for a fight’

UFC Sacramento preview: Hernandez gets his home game, with the champion who beat him now in his corner

UFC BJJ 10 wrap: Tackett cranks his way to a record fourth defence, Ste-Marie takes the featherweight crown in her debut

The Fight GameStarts Here

The Fight Game
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