Raulian Paiva won’t be competing this Halloween.
MMA Fighting confirmed with Paiva that he has been forced to withdraw from his flyweight bout with Amir Albazi at the UFC’s upcoming Oct. 31 event after tearing the ACL in his right knee. The injury was first reported by Combate.
Paiva’s injury will require surgery and he expects to return to action in four-to-six months.
The Albazi fight was to be Paiva’s third appearance of 2020. Paiva rebounded from a winless 2019 with back-to-back victories over Mark De La Rosa and Zhalgas Zhumagulov, though the latter victory was marred by Paiva missing weight for the contest.