Malcolm Gordon out of UFC Fight Night 198 bout; Denys Bondar fight shifts to February

Malcom Gordon won’t be fighting at UFC Fight Night 198.

The Canadian flyweight is out of his previously scheduled bout against Denys Bondar for undisclosed reasons. The UFC has shifted the bout to Feb. 5, according to Gordon’s manager Daniel Rubenstein, of Ruby Sports & Entertainment.

Two people with knowledge of the withdrawal informed MMA Junkie on Wednesday but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an announcement.

All three of Bondar’s scheduled matchups in his UFC tenure have been canceled. He withdrew from the first two. The Ukrainian flyweight rides a 10-fight winning streak into the promotion.

For Gordon, the withdrawal marks his first with the UFC. A former TKO champion, Gordon picked up his first promotional win in July when he defeated Francisco Figueiredo via unanimous decision.

UFC Fight Night 198 takes place Saturday, Nov. 20 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and streams on ESPN+.

With the change, the UFC Fight Night 198 lineup includes:

• Miesha Tate vs. Ketlen Vieira
• Sean Brady vs. Michael Chiesa
• Davey Grant vs. Adrian Yanez
• Joanne Calderwood vs. Taila Santos
• Qileng Aori vs. Cody Durden
• Cheyanne Buys vs. Loma Lookboonme
• Terrance McKinney vs. Fares Ziam
• Rafa Garcia vs. Natan Levy
• Denys Bondar vs. TBA
• Sam Hughes vs. Luana Pinheiro
• Shaylin Nuerdanbieke vs. Sean Soriano
• Tucker Lutz vs. Pat Sabatini

With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for Feb. 5 includes:

• Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Chidi Njokuani
• Phil Rowe vs. Jason Witt
• Jailton Almeida vs. Danilo Marques
• John Castaneda vs. Miles Johns
• Hakeem Dawodu vs. Mike Trizano
• Sam Alvey vs. Ian Heinisch
• Bryan Battle vs. Tresean Gore
• Denys Bondar vs. Malcolm Gordon