The UFC’s year-end pay-per-view occasion has taken its first important hit only one week after the lineup was formally introduced as Tatiana Suarez vs. Virna Jandiroba is now not occurring.
X consumer MMA Melotto reported Monday that Suarez suffered an damage that has pressured her out of the UFC 310 matchup on Dec. 7 in Las Vegas. An individual with information of the state of affairs confirmed the information to MMA Junkie. It’s unclear if Jandiroba will stay on the cardboard in opposition to a substitute opponent.
The struggle between Suarez and Jandiroba, who’re ranked No. 1 and No. 3 within the strawweight division, respectively, was broadly seen as a title eliminator to find out the subsequent challenger for champion Zhang Weili.
Suarez (10-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC), who hasn’t misplaced as knowledgeable, most lately competed in August 2023 when she submitted former champion Jessica Andrade. Her different notable UFC wins embody former champions Carla Esparza and Alexa Grasso. Suarez’s profession has been riddled with accidents, which saved her out of motion for three-and-a-half years earlier than she returned in February 2023.
Jandiroba (21-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC), a former Invicta FC champ, is on a four-fight successful streak after consecutive victories over Angela Hill, Marina Rodriguez, Crazy Godinez, and a Submission of the Yr candidate armbar in opposition to Amanda Lemos in July.
With the change, the UFC 310 lineup contains:
- Belal Muhammad vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov – for welterweight title
- Alexandre Pantoja vs. Kai Asakura – for flyweight title
- Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov
- Nick Diaz vs. Vicente Luque
- Movsar Evloev vs. Aljamain Sterling
- Dominick Reyes vs. Anthony Smith
- Virna Jandiroba vs. opponent TBD
- Clay Guida vs. Chase Hooper
- Michael Chiesa vs. Max Griffin
- Cody Durden vs. Joshua Van
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