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UFC fighter details orbital fracture that removed him from Fortaleza card

Godofredo Pepey won't be able to fight in his hometown of Fortaleza on Saturday night. He was scheduled to face Kyle Bochniak in a featherweight bout for the FS1 card. As the TUF Brazil 1 runner-up explained on his Instagram, he was forced to pull out of the card after suffering an orbital fracture, and it was not his first time dealing with the injury.

"Good morning, guys. Unfortunately, I'm out of UFC Fortaleza because of an orbital fracutre. I have had this same fracture due to years of sparring, but I kept training as usual.