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Planned March event in Las Vegas removed from UFC schedule

By ADAM HILL LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
January 11, 2017 - 1:14 am
 
The welterweight title rematch between Stephen Thompson and champion Tyron Woodley will still go on as scheduled at UFC 209. on March 4. (Julio Cortez/AP)

For the second time in 2017, a planned UFC event has been scrapped by the organization.

Officials confirmed a card scheduled for Las Vegas on March 3, which was to serve as UFC Fight Night 106, will no longer take place.

The card was to serve as a lead-in for the UFC 209 pay-per-view event the following night at T-Mobile Arena.

It had been announced in November, but no fights or venue had ever been officially announced.

The organization previously postponed a scheduled pay-per-view event that had been set for Jan. 21 in Anaheim, California. The city will instead get an event on Aug. 5

UFC 209, which will be headlined by a welterweight title rematch between Stephen Thompson and champion Tyron Woodley, will still go on as scheduled.

Contact Adam Hill at ahill@reviewjournal.com or 702-277-8028. Follow @adamhilllvrj on Twitter.

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