Karol Rosa passa mal, é levada para o
hospital e deixa luta contra Sijara Eubanks no UFC de sábado
https://t.co/8IbreH8d8w
pic.twitter.com/MXcK4N2pys— Combate (@canalCombate)
September 3, 2020
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ESPN app. Two hard weight cuts in the span of a few months got the
better of
Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight Karol
Rosa.
Combate was the first to break the news on Thursday that Rosa
has been knocked out of her
UFC Fight Night 176 matchup with Sijara
Eubanks due to a bad weight cut. Rosa has been hospitalized,
and her condition is currently unknown. The bout will be removed
from the bill, per
MMA Fighting, and Eubanks will take on Julia Avila
at UFC Fight Night 177 on Sept. 12. Avila’s management team
confirmed
this new bout shortly after the news broke, and it is unclear if
Avila’s October matchup with Nicco
Montano will remain intact.
Rosa (13-3) last stepped in the cage on short notice in July, where
she captured a unanimous decision over Vanessa
Melo. The victory extended Rosa’s win streak to four, which is
her longest since she began her career at 5-0. Rosa was initially
linked to four separate bouts with Julia Avila in late 2019 and
throughout much of 2020, which saw two iterations scrubbed due to
the coronavirus and two others fizzled when Rosa withdrew.
Eubanks (5-4) was looking to keep her momentum following a decision
triumph over Sarah Moras
in May. The win snapped a two-fight skid against Aspen Ladd
and Bethe
Correia, and all three bouts took place in the bantamweight
division. Following her appearance on Season 26 of “The Ultimate
Fighter,” Eubanks remained at 125 pounds and nearly fought for the
belt before her own hospitalization due to her weight cut ejected
her from the championship bout. Two subsequent trips out at
flyweight where “Sarj” publicly struggled with the 125-pound limit
while missing the mark on one occasion prompted a return to 135
pounds in 2019.
Since the story of the withdrawal came out, former UFC fighter and
ex-Strikeforce
champ Sarah
Kaufman (21-5, 1 NC) lobbied
to step in. Eubanks quickly responded positively to the
potential match. Kaufman, a
Professional Fighters League women’s lightweight playoff
participant, last competed at 155 pounds in 2019. Unfortunately for
Kaufman, the bout has been rescheduled instead of adding the
Canadian as a replacement.
UFC Fight Night 177 goes down at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Sept.
5, where it will be headlined by a heavyweight clash between
Alistair
Overeem and Augusto
Sakai. Serving in the co-main event is a recently rescheduled
light heavyweight affair between Ovince St.
Preux and Alonzo
Menifield.
