Marcin Tybura does not have an opponent for Saturday, after all.
Less than a week before fight night, short-notice replacement Justin Willis had signed on to fight Tybura at UFC 208 in Brooklyn, replacing an injured Luis Henrique. Unfortunately for both men, it was announced at Friday's weigh-ins that the New York State Athletic Commission had deemed Willis medically unfit to compete and canceled his bout with Tybura.
Shortly after, Willis posted an explanation on Facebook:
Hey everyone, I want you to hear from me first, I did everything I could to make weight for the fight this weekend but due to the short notice my body shut down during the weight cut and the UFC doctors wouldn't clear me to fight. I will be back in the UFC with a full camp very soon. Thank you to everyone at the UFC, all of their staff have been great. I want the same opponent or anybody else will suffice. I will be ready. God Bless.
Tybura made weight and will be paid his show money, but the 31-year-old Pole has now seen his last three fight bookings fall through. He was supposed to face top-10 heavyweight Derrick Lewis at UFC Fight Night 97 in October, only for that event to be called off altogether when headliner BJ Penn bowed out with an injury.
