UFC 334 Loses Lightweight Bout to Rare Double Withdrawal

A fight falling apart because one guy gets hurt is standard UFC business. A fight falling apart because both guys withdraw at the exact same time? That is a rare glitch in the MMA matrix.

According to MMA Junkie, UFC 334 just lost a lightweight bout to the dreaded double withdrawal. The card gets a little lighter, and anyone who had early action on this matchup just got their wagers voided by the sportsbooks.

"MMA Junkie reported the double withdrawal for UFC 334."

We do not have the names of the fighters or the exact reasons for the scratch just yet. But a simultaneous pull-out is the combat sports equivalent of two Spider-Men pointing at each other in the doctor's office.

Usually, one guy tweaks a knee in sparring and the other guy immediately hops on social media to beg for a short-notice replacement. In this case, both training camps apparently hit the eject button at the exact same time.

The lightweight division is an absolute shark tank, so losing any bout is a blow to the depth of a pay-per-view card. Matchmakers now have to figure out if they scrap the booking entirely or try to rebook these two once they recover from whatever synchronized bad luck hit their gyms.

Expect the UFC to shuffle the deck for UFC 334 to fill the gap on the prelims or main card. Until we get the names and the medical reports, this goes down as one of the weirder scratches in recent memory.