Charlie Campbell withdraws from the fight against Mauricio Luffy

The slogan of booking Mauricio Luffy’s second UFC appearance continues.

Luffy (10-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is once again without an opponent for UFC 309 after Charlie Campbell (9-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) withdrew. The search for a willing opponent for the November 16th event at Madison Square Garden in New York is once again underway.

Two people familiar with the situation recently informed MMA Junkie of the change, but asked to remain anonymous because the promotion has not yet been officially announced.

Fighting Nerds’ Luffy thrilled fight fans in his UFC debut in May when he pursued and knocked out seasoned veteran Jamie Mullarkey in the first round. Since then, the promotion has attempted to book Luffy for at least three different pay-per-view events (UFC 303, UFC 307 and now UFC 309), but has failed to find an opponent who has made it into the cage.

With the change, the UFC 309 lineup includes:

• Champ Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic – for the heavyweight title
• Michael Chandler vs. Charles Oliveira
• Viviane Araujo vs Karine Silva
• Paul Craig vs. Bo Nickal
• Eryk Anders vs. Chris Weidman
• Mauricio Luffy vs TBA
• Nikita Krylov vs. Azamat Murzakanov
• Damon Jackson vs. Jim Miller
• Veronica Hardy vs Eduarda Moura
• Jonathan Martinez vs. Marcus McGhee
• Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Mickey Gall
• Bassil Haffez vs Oban Elliot
• Lucas Almeida vs David Onama

For more information on the card, check out MMA Junkie’s UFC 309 event hub.