It wouldn’t be a UFC card without a fight cancellation. And it looks like it didn’t take long for UFC 249 to pick up it’s first one. Just two after the full fight card was announced, Combate reports that Rose Namajunas has withdrawn from her planned rematch against Jessica Andrade, ESPN has since confirmed the news. No reason was given for her removal from the fight, and the cancellation hasn’t been made official, but the promotion is apparently trying to secure a short-notice replacement for Andrade.
The bout was to have been Namajunas’ first since losing her title to the Brazilian, at UFC 237—back in May of last year.