Javid Basharat (14-1) is out of his UFC on ESPN 61 booking against Chris Gutierrez (20-6) due to an injury.
Basharat and Gutierrez were slated to trade leather in a bantamweight matchup at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas this weekend. However, Basharat revealed on social that he won’t be able to fight due an undisclosed injury.
“Sad to say I will not be fighting this weekend,” Basharat wrote on Instagram. “I picked up an injury too close to the fight and wouldn’t heal in time for the fight, so me and my team made a collective decision. I was in great shape thanks to all the coaches and training partners at [American Top Team]. Tthey opened their doors for me and leveled me up for sure. Now it’s time to heal up and I will be back as soon as I can.”
It is currently unknown if Gutierrez will remain on the card against a short-notice replacement opponent.
Basharat’s 14-fight winning streak was marred by an unfortunate no contest against Victor Henry at UFC 294 in October 2023 due to an accidental low blow from “The Snow Leopard.” Basharat then went on to suffer his lone career loss via unanimous decision against Aiemann Zahabi this past March.
Meanwhile, Gutierrez has sandwiched a unanimous decision win over Heili Alateng between losses against Pedro Munhoz and Song Yadong last year. Prior to that, “El Guapo” was unbeaten in eight outings since dropping his UFC debut against Raoni Barcelos in 2018.
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