Rick Glenn vs. Carlton Minus scratched from UFC Vegas 17

UFC Vegas 17 is down a person fighter right after light-weight vet Rick Glenn was pressured to withdraw from a fight in opposition to Carlton Minus on Saturday’s battle card in Las Vegas.

Many individuals with awareness of the shift confirmed the news to MMA Battling after a tweet from reporter Al Zullino the explanation for Glenn’s withdrawal could not be verified at the time of this producing. A substitute is getting sought for Minus.

If Minus gets a new opponent, the battle card will keep steady at 14 bouts. Various matchups have been cancelled because of to constructive COVID-19 tests, together with welterweight headliner Leon Edwards, who was scheduled to struggle Khamzat Chimaev.

Minus hopes to receive his initially UFC get following his octagon debut in August finished in a unanimous conclusion decline to Matthew Semelsberger.

Glenn, a six-struggle UFC vet, most recently fell brief on factors in a November 2018 assembly with Kevin Aguilar.