Bethe Correia’s planned retirement fight has been called off. As MMA Fighting reported on Tuesday, the former bantamweight title challenger withdrew from her scheduled January 16 fight against Wu Yanan due to appendix surgery.
In early September, the 37-year-old Correia announced on social media that her next fight against Wu would be her last. At the time, she was coming off a decision loss to Pannie Kianzad in July.
The two women were initially booked to face each other at UFC Vegas 16 on December 5, but the fight was postponed for unspecified reasons.