UFC 208's featured UFC Fight Pass prelim scratched from Saturday's lineup

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Saturday’s UFC 208 event has a lost a fight on the eve of the event.

Justin Willis (4-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), a onetime WSOF fighter who was tapped as a late replacement for Luis Henrique (10-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) earlier this week, has been declared medically unfit and was pulled from the card.

His opponent, fellow heavyweight Marcin Tybura (14-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC), will no longer compete, but UFC officials said he’ll be paid his fight purse/”show” money. The official announcement came during today’s early and official weigh-in proceedings.

UFC 208 takes place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

According to Willis, due to the short-notice bout, his “body shut down during the weight cut, and the UFC doctors wouldn’t clear me to fight” (via Facebook):

Willis vs. Tybura was slated to close out the early prelims on UFC Fight Pass, which now kick off at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT) with just two bouts.

The official UFC 208 lineup now includes:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

• Holly Holm vs. Germaine de Randamie – for inaugural women’s featherweight title
• Derek Brunson vs. Anderson Silva
• Tim Boetsch vs. Ronaldo Souza
• Jared Cannonier vs. Glover Teixeira
• Jim Miller vs. Dustin Poirier

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)

• Randy Brown vs. Belal Muhammad
• Wilson Reis vs. Ulka Sasaki
• Nik Lentz vs. Islam Makhachev
• Jarred Brooks vs. Ian McCall

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET)

• Roan Carneiro vs. Ryan LaFlare
• Rick Glenn vs. Phillipe Nover

For more on UFC 208, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.