Fabricio Werdum not medically cleared for PFL 6, Mohammed Usman also withdraws

Fabricio Werdum and Mohammed Usman — brother of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight kingpin Kamaru Usman — have withdrawn from PFL 6, forcing some serious Heavyweight shake ups.

Werdum (24-9-1) and Usman (7-2) will no longer compete at PFL 6 on June 25, 2021, according to a press release issued by the promotion. Werdum was supposed to fight Brandon Sayles (6-1,1-0 this season), but was not medically cleared. Usman pulled out of his fight with Denis Goltsov (26-6, 1-0 this season) with an undisclosed injury suffered in training.

Sayles and Goltsov will now fight each other instead.

Both Werdum and Usman were defeated in their PFL openers; however, Werdum’s loss was overturned to a “No Contest” because his opponent, Renan Ferreira, appeared to tap out before winning via technical knockout (watch it).

PFL 6 is headlined by fan-favorite Kayla Harrison taking on Cindy Dandois. UFC veteran Larissa Pacheco is also scheduled to compete on the card.

Check out the full card below:

Main Card (ESPN2, 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)

• Kayla Harrison vs. Cindy Dandois
• Renan Ferreira vs. Ali Isaev
• Denis Goltsov vs. Brandon Sayles
• Bruno Cappelozza vs. Muhammed DeReese

‘Prelims’ Under Card (ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT)

• Helena Kolesnyk vs. Larissa Pacheco
• Genah Fabian vs. Julija Pajic
• Ante Delija vs. Hatef Moeil
• Taylor Guardado vs. Laura Sanchez
• Mariana Morais vs. Kaitlin Young

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