On April 1, UFC CEO Dana White took to Instagram to drop one of many fight announcements, among them being the being a rematch for the men’s bantamweight title between Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili that will headline the main card at UFC 316 on June 7.
Dana White also announced that Julianna Peña will be defending her women’s bantamweight title against Kayla Harrison in the co-main event of UFC 316.
White also made an unexpected announcement that a welterweight showdown will occur between Ian Machado Garry and Carlos Prates will replace Jamahal Hill vs. Khalil Rountree Jr as the main event at the UFC event in Kansas City.
The changes come as there is less than one month left before the card goes down at the T-Mobile Center on April 26.
Following White’s announcements, Khalil Roundtree took to his Instagram account to express his disappointment with the changes.
“So, I just got off the phone with the UFC, and it appears that Jamahal Hill is injured and not able to fight in Kansas City. Getting the news that this would be postponed, I was very surprised…It’s a little upsetting, because in my mind we’re a little less than four weeks out. Getting my mind straight and ready for war, and then it’s kind of like someone poked a hole in the balloon,” Roundtree said.
Roundtree is Ranked at #7 in the UFC light heavyweight division and is coming off a defeat at the hands of former titleholder Alex Pereira at UFC 307, a matchup with Hill would have given Rountree a chance to vault right back into title contention.
