@macychiasson
has pulled out on weigh in Eve. This absolutely blows. Who wants to
see me fight @mieshatate
? @bokamotoespn
@mmajunkiedotcom @theschmo312
@lynchonsports
@kbheat @espn @ufc
@ufcnewsalerts @mickmaynard2
@danawhite
pic.twitter.com/J3mWVIHpqH— Aspen Ladd (@TheAspenLadd)
July 23, 2021
The night before weigh-ins for the next Ultimate Fighting Championship card, the
co-main event has fallen through.
Per the
UFC on Thursday night, Macy
Chiasson (7-1) suffered an undisclosed injury and was forced
out of her bantamweight tilt with Aspen Ladd
(9-1). The two were set to square off in the co-headliner of
UFC on ESPN 27 on July 24 inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Ladd confirmed this news on Twitter,
while also noting that it was Chiasson who could not compete. Ladd
called out the recently victorious Miesha Tate
for a replacement fight, and if that does not come to fruition, it
is not clear if Ladd vs. Chiasson will be rescheduled for a later
date or if the pairing will be scuttled altogether.
Ladd was looking to compete for the first time since 2019, when she
successfully rebounded from her first career defeat by pounding out
Yana
Kunitskaya at UFC on ESPN 7. The California native was
initially booked against Sara McMann
in mid-2020, but she tore her ACL and MCL to knock her out of that
bout and an additional year of competition. Ladd posts a career
finish rate of 78 percent, with stoppages in three of her last four
victories.
Chiasson has been somewhat more active than Ladd, competing in
March against Marion
Reneau and capturing a unanimous decision. The Fortis MMA
product has rattled off a pair of decision wins since suffering her
first defeat, a decision to Lina
Lansberg. Chiasson won the 28th season of “The Ultimate
Fighter” and subsequently dropped down to bantamweight, where she
has beaten the likes of Reneau, Sarah Moras
and Gina
Mazany to date.
UFC on ESPN 27 will carry on with 11 bouts at the UFC Apex in Las
Vegas, with the headliner still intact between Cory
Sandhagen and T.J.
Dillashaw at bantamweight. The organization has not yet
indicated if a different match will be elevated to co-main status,
but at the moment, a bantamweight tilt between Kyler
Phillips and Raulian
Paiva resides in that second-to-last slot. Other main card
matchups include Darren
Elkins vs. Darrick
Minner at featherweight, Miranda
Maverick vs. Maycee
Barber at flyweight and Adrian
Yanez against Randy Costa
in a much-anticipated 135-pound battle.
