UFC 324 misplaced most likely one of many largest fights.
The January twenty fourth card would be the first card of 2026 for this promotion. The headliner is about to be an interim light-weight title struggle between Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett. In the meantime, the co-main occasion was a ladies’s bantamweight bout, pitting champion Kayla Harrison towards returning GOAT Amanda Nunes.
That co-main occasion is not any extra. In line with a report within the Eagle-Tribune, Harrison suffered a severe neck harm that required surgical procedure and withdrew from the sport.
At the moment, it’s unclear whether or not Nunes may have a brand new opponent on the cardboard, however it can probably be in one other interim title struggle. However this would be the Brazilian’s first match in a number of years, and no different match is as massive as this one. In reality, competing towards Harrison is the one motive she got here out of retirement to struggle once more.
It is attainable that the UFC might rapidly create a model new massive struggle to exchange Nunes vs. Harrison, however with solely 10 days to organize, that is an extended shot.
The excellent news is that UFC 324 remains to be a really strong card. The cardboard lineup after the cancellation of the Nunes vs. Harrison match is as follows:
UFC 324 lineup replace
155 kilos: Justin Gaethje vs. Paddy Pimblett (interim light-weight title struggle)135: Kilos: Kayla Harrison vs. Amanda Nunes (Ladies’s Bantamweight Title Match)
135 kilos: Sean O’Malley vs. That Tune
265 kilos: Derrick Lewis vs. Waldo Cortez-Acosta
145 kilos: Jean Silva vs. Arnold Allen
125 kilos: Rose Namajunas vs. Natalia Silva
135 kilos: Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
185 kilos: Ateva Gauthier vs. Andrei Pryaev
205 kilos: Nikita Krylov vs. Modest Bukauskas
125 kilos: Alex Perez vs. Charles Johnson
155 kilos: Michael Johnson vs. Alexander Hernandez
265 kilos: Josh Hokit vs. Denzel Freeman
135 kilos: Ricky Turcios vs. Cameron Smotherman
170 kilos: Ty Miller vs. Adam Fugit
Keep tuned to UFC 324 for updates as new info involves gentle.
