Jack Jenkins injured; Marwan Rahiki gets new opponent at UFC Perth
Saturday’s UFC Perth card has undergone a late change.
Marwan Rahiki has finished all his opponents inside the distance. | Getty/UFC Saturday’s UFC Perth card has undergone a late change. The Las Vegas-based promotion announced on Wednesday that Jack Jenkins has withdrawn from a proposed featherweight clash against Marwan Rahiki due to an undisclosed injury.
As a result, Ollie Schmid will step in on less than a week’s notice to face Rahiki. UFC Perth — also known as UFC Fight Night 275 — takes place at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia and is headlined by a welterweight showdown between Jack Della Maddalena and Carlos Prates . The card airs in its entirety on Paramount plus beginning at 4 a.
m. ET/1 a. m.
PT. Prospects Collide Rahiki enjoyed a successful Octagon debut, breaking Harry Hardwick ’s jaw in a second-round technical knockout victory at UFC Fight Night 269 on March 14. The 23-year-old former Hex Fight Series champ is 8-0 as a professional, with all of his triumphs coming inside the distance.