Why did matchmakers shake up UFC 317? Because you can’t fight in a cage wearing an ankle monitor

Yikes.

Yesterday, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight Sedriques Dumas received the bad news that he will not be competing on the biggest UFC pay-per-view (PPV) of the year inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas this weekend (Sat., June 28, 2025) and has been replaced by a UFC newcomer.

We now know why he had to be pulled from UFC 317—his ankle monitor.

Octagon Update was the first to let everyone know yesterday.

“I’m told that the reason Sedriques Dumas had to pull out was that the earliest he could get the ankle monitor off and in front of a judge would be by Thursday, which would be too late,” they wrote on X.

MMA Junkie accessed Escambia County, Florida, court records, revealing that Dumas’ movement was restricted to a 100-mile radius.

“Escambia County (Fla.) court records show Dumas’ attorney filed a motion Monday to modify Dumas’ bond agreement. It’s unclear what those requested changes are, but the initial terms limited him to a 100-mile radius of his residence while he partook in GPS monitoring.”

“The Reaper” was arrested in late April for five separate charges, including felony home invasion robbery without a firearm, misdemeanor battery, felony possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, felony possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, and misdemeanor drug equipment possession.

Dumas holds a 3-3 record in the UFC and is coming off a first-round stoppage loss to Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC 314 (watch highlights).

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CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLE-DIP! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) continues its 2025 pay-per-view (PPV) schedule on Sat., June 28, 2025, with a championship doubleheader headlining UFC 317 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, as part of International Fight Week. In UFC 317’s PPV main event, former Featherweight champion, Ilia Topuria, challenges ex-Lightweight titleholder, Charles Oliveira, for Islam Makhachev’s vacated 155-pound title in a high-stakes, five-round showdown. UFC 317’s PPV co-main event features Flyweight kingpin, Alexandre Pantoja, defending his 125-pound belt against No. 4-seeded contender, Kai Kara-France, in an electrifying five-round rematch. UFC 317 will also showcase a Lightweight bout between Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano, as well as a short-notice Flyweight clash pitting Brandon Royval vs. Joshua Van, and much more! UFC 317’s start time is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET (“Early Prelims”), 8 p.m. ET (“Prelims” undercard), and 10 p.m. ET (PPV main card).

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