The preliminary card matchup between John Castaneda and Douglas Silva de Andrade is off, the promotion announced Friday. The bout initially was scheduled for bantamweight, then shifted to a 140-pound catchweight. Both fighters hit their marks during Friday’s weigh-in window, but did not participate in ceremonial faceoffs.

UFC Fight Night 253 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night features a main event between flyweights Manel Kape and Asu Almabayev. Kape (20-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC) enters the fight sixth in the division rankings,