The PFL has announced its Paris event at the Accor Arena on May 23 will be rescheduled.
The event was to be headlined by Frenchman Mansour Barnaoui's lightweight fight against Archie Colgan. Retired footballer Patrice Evra was also booked to make his MMA debut in a surprise move by the former Manchester United defender.
The 43-year-old - who quit football in 2019 - has been training since 2016 with PFL star and friend Cedric Doumbe. No reason has been given for the event not going ahead as planned, with a new date yet to be confirmed.
Evra, who won 81 caps for France, was yet to announce who his opponent would be, but the fight was expected to happen at welterweight. Last month, he wrote on social media: "They will pick my opponent.
“They asked who I wanna face and I said Luis Suarez. I'll pay out of pocket,” he went on, “and he can even bite me."
He was referring to the incident 2011, where the Uruguayan strike – who was playing for Liverpool at the time - was banned for eight games for racially abusing Evra, who was playing for United. Suarez, now 38 and still playing football for Inter Miami, has been found guilty of biting three opponents in his career.
Speaking in the PFL press release about the announcement, Evra said: "I love this game too." He has worked as a TV pundit since retiring as a player.
The PFL (Professional Fighters League) is the second biggest MMA promotion in the world, behind the UFC.
