Bernardo Sopaj’s UFC Vegas 100 Bout Is Canceled
Bernardo Sopaj’s scheduled bout with Ricky Turcios at UFC Vegas 100 was canceled because of a medical issue on Turcios’s side. His scheduled bout with Ricky Turcios was canceled because of a medical issue on Turcios’s side, as UFC noted in its official weigh-in update. Sopaj’s next UFC appearance came at UFC 311 on January 18, 2025, where he earned his first UFC win by unanimous decision over Turcios (30–27, 30–27, 29–28). UFC’s event report and official scorecards confirm the result.
From canceled bout to first UFC win
Sopaj entered UFC Vegas 100 after a knockout loss in his March 2024 debut against Vinicius Oliveira. He was booked to face Turcios in November, but that bout was withdrawn from the card before the event. The matchup was later rescheduled for UFC 311, where Sopaj outpointed Turcios over three rounds and took a unanimous decision.
The fight it previewed, however, did not take place at UFC Vegas 100.
Turcios’s medical issue canceled the original November booking, but the same matchup later became a win for Sopaj at UFC 311. That change is the key development: the first report concerned a bout that never happened, while the January result is the completed contest. The scorecards show a clear unanimous decision across all three rounds.
