By Francisco Salazar

Promoter Gary Shaw reached out to BoxingScene.com on Thursday afternoon that Randall Bailey withdrew from his 10 round bout against Francisco Santana.

Bailey and Santana were scheduled to fight on January 9 at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California.

Bailey was a replacement for original opponent Sebastian Lujan.

Santana (21-3-1, 10 KOs) has won his last nine bouts in a row and resides in nearby Santa Barbara.

In the main event of Friday Night Fights telecast, Darleys Perez will defend his interim WBA lightweight title against Jonathan Maicelo.

Francisco A. Salazar has written for Boxingscene.com since September of 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Salazar also covers boxing for the Ventura County (CA) Star newspaper, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing