Rib injury forces Marvin Vettori out of UFC Fight Night 280

Marvin Vettori has been forced to withdraw from UFC Fight Night 280 . Vettori (19-10-1 MMA, 9-8-1 UFC), who was scheduled to face Ismail Naurdiev (25-8 MMA, 4-3 UFC) on June 27 from Baku Crystal Hall in Azerbaijan, took to his Instagram story to announce that he broke his ribs. "Unfortunately I'm here to tell you that a few days ago, I got hurt on my rib," Vettori said.

"I did an MRI and it came back today showing that the rib is broken so, I won't be fighting June 27. I was really looking forward to this fight. I moved from Florida to California for this camp.

I wanted to get back to my roots, train with Beneil (Dariush), train with Julian for my boxing, train with Chase for my conditioning. "I was feeling good, but sometimes sh*t happens and you can't do anything about it. So yeah, now I'm just going to focus on my recovery, hopefully it doesn't take too long, 4-6 weeks I'm good to train again.

If they reschedule me with the same guy, great. If not, it doesn't matter. Anybody is good to me.