UFC Fight Island 7 loses yet another bout, this time non-COVID linked

UFC Battle Island 7, the promotion’s return to Combat Island and its debut on ABC, carries on to choose hits to the struggle card. Bethe Correia is out of her prepared bout opposite Wu Yanan.

The line-up has previously been battered with COVID-19 relevant casualties, but Correia is not out since of the pandemic induced illness. She is out mainly because she requirements to have her appendix taken off, which calls for surgery. The news was 1st noted by MMA Combating.

Correia has blazed a tough path all through her UFC tenure, getting rid of 5 of her past eight bouts. She fought a person time earlier this year, getting rid of a conclusion to Pannie Kianzad in July.

It was unclear at the time of publication if the UFC would be in a position to secure a substitution and keep Yunan on the struggle card. Though there is still far more than a week still left right up until the battle, the UFC faces many far more hurdles than typical since of the COVID-19 similar tests and travel restrictions that fighters deal with acquiring to Abu Dhabi.

UFC Fight Island 7 is headlined by a featherweight battle amongst former winner Max Holloway and growing contender Calvin Kattar. It requires area on Jan. 16 and will be simulcast on ESPN+ and ABC, a initial for the UFC.

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