Miesha
Tate’s flyweight debut will have to wait, as her proposed clash
with Lauren
Murphy has been removed from the UFC 276
lineup.
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The promotion announced the news during the UFC on ESPN 38
broadcast on Saturday night. According to multiple reports, Murphy
was forced to withdraw from the bout for undisclosed reasons. Tate
and Murphy were previously slated to fight on May 14 before the
matchup was postponed. The flyweight clash is expected to be
rebooked at a later date.
UFC 276 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on July 2
and is headlined by a middleweight title tilt pitting Israel
Adesanya against Jared
Cannonier, while Alexander
Volkanovski will square off against Max
Holloway in a featherweight championship trilogy in th co-main
event.
Tate returned from a five-year retirement this past July, where she
scored a third-round TKO win over Marion
Reneau at UFC on ESPN 26. In her next outing, “Cupcake” fell to
Ketlen
Vieira via unanimous decision in the UFC Fight Night 198 main
event on Nov. 20.
Murphy hasn’t competed since falling to Valentina
Shevchenko via fourth-round TKO in a flyweight title tilt at
UFC 266. Prior to that, the former Invicta FC champion had been
victorious in her previous five Octagon appearances.