{"id":38156,"date":"2026-05-09T16:49:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T16:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Kangjie-Zhu-sees-change-of-opponent-at-UFC-Macau-201113"},"modified":"2026-05-09T16:49:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T16:49:49","slug":"kangjie-zhu-sees-change-of-opponent-at-ufc-macau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/kangjie-zhu-sees-change-of-opponent-at-ufc-macau\/","title":{"rendered":"Kangjie Zhu sees change of opponent at UFC Macau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Kangjie
\nZhu<\/a> won\u2019t face Ramon
\nTaveras<\/a> at
\nUFC Macau<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Zhu and Taveras were set to trade leather in a featherweight tilt
\nat UFC Fight Night 277 on May 30 at the Galaxy Arena in Macau,
\nChina. However, Taveras is now out of the booking due to unknown
\nreasons. Taveras will be replaced by Rodrigo
\nVera<\/a>, who steps in on three weeks\u2019 notice. Vera\u2019s
\nmanagement, Iridium Sports Agency, was first to announce the new
\nbooking.<\/p>\n

Riding a five-fight winning streak, Kangjie (21-4) makes his debut
\nin his homeland after winning the Road to UFC Season 3
\nfeatherweight tournament last year. Meanwhile, fellow debutant Vera
\n(21-1) is also making waves on the regional circuit. The Peruvian
\nis undefeated in 13 straight bouts since 2020. <\/p>\n

Prospects Collide<\/h2>\n

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\n

\ud83d\udea8 We\u2019re very pleased & excited to announce
\nthat
\n#TeamIridium<\/a>\u2019s @rodrigovera3<\/a>
\n(21-1-1) is taking his talents to the @ufc<\/a> & will make
\nhis highly anticipated Octagon premiere at
\n#UFCMacau<\/a> \ud83d\udcc3\ud83d\udd8a
\n#TheDarkside<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/xBWR6c9E6k<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 IridiumSportsAgency (@TeamIridiumISA)
\nMay 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Kangjie Zhu won\u2019t face Ramon Taveras at UFC Macau.  Zhu and Taveras were set to trade leather in a featherweight tilt at UFC Fight Night 277 on May 30 at the Galaxy Arena in Macau, China. However, Taveras is now out of the booking due to unknown reasons. Taveras will be replaced by Rodrigo Vera, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}