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After a close call, UFC Vegas 33 is back to 10 fights.

Following an initial report from TSN regarding Niklas Stolze vs. Jared Gooden being removed from the lineup for Saturday’s UFC card at UFC APEX, MMA Fighting has confirmed with officials that the Stolze-Gooden fight is back on.

TSN and ESPN were first to report the reversion. According to officials, a breach of COVID-19 protocol initially led to the bout’s cancellation, but it was added back to the card after clearance from a doctor. Neither fighter tested positive for COVID-19.

The original news of the cancellation hit the same morning that the UFC Vegas 33 card lost its scheduled co-main event between bantamweights Kyung Ho Kang and Rani Yahya. Yahya announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw from the fight.

A strawweight bout between Cheyanne Buys and Gloria de Paula now serves as Saturday’s co-main event.

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Fight card
Main card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Middleweight Uriah Hall vs. Sean Strickland
Bantamweight Kyung Ho Kang vs. Rani Yahya
Women’s Strawweight Cheyanne Buys vs. Gloria de Paula
Welterweight Jared Gooden vs. Niklas Stolze
Welterweight Bryan Barberena vs. Jason Witt
Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Featherweight Melsik Baghdasaryan vs. Collin Anglin
Lightweight Chris Gruetzemacher vs. Rafa Garcia
Featherweight Danny Chavez vs. Kai Kamaka III
Women’s Strawweight Jinh Yu Frey vs. Ashley Yoder
Flyweight Zarrukh Adashev vs. Ryan Benoit
Catchweight (173.5 lb) Philip Rowe vs. Orion Cosce