Cutelaba tests positive for COVID-19, Ankalaev rematch postponed again

The light heavyweight bout between Ion Cutelaba and Magomed Ankalaev was removed from UFC Fight Night on Saturday after Cutelaba tested positive for COVID-19, the promotion announced.

It will be rescheduled for a later date.

This isn't the first time the rematch has been postponed. Their bout at UFC 249 was scratched due to the pandemic and was rescheduled for UFC 252 earlier in August, but it was again called off after Cutelaba tested positive.

The two light heavyweights first fought in February when Ankalaev picked up a TKO win in the first round. Cutelaba appealed his loss, insisting the referee shouldn't have called the fight because he wasn't actually knocked out, but the result wasn't overturned.