Taura MMA 10 goes down Friday night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but three bouts were removed from the lineup due to COVID-19-related issues, promotion officials told MMA Fighting.
Rousimar Palhares, one of the most popular names on the card, was left without an opponent after short-notice replacement Antonio Gordillo couldn’t leave his hometown of Catamarca to Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Catamarca, located 700 miles away from the capital of Argentina, started another lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus, and the MMA fighter wasn’t allowed to go to Buenos Aires and embark on a flight to Brazil.