Julianna Peña injured, Irene Aldana steps in to face Amanda Nunes at UFC 289
UFC president Dana White introduced on Tuesday that Julianna Peña is out of her scheduled UFC 289 bantamweight championship trilogy bout in opposition to Amanda Nunes. Stepping in as a substitute shall be No. 5 ranked Irene Aldana.
In accordance with White, Peña suffered damaged ribs and shall be unable to compete. She and Nunes are 1-1 of their two earlier matches. Peña pulled off an infinite upset at UFC 269, defeating Nunes by submission. Within the rematch, Nunes destroyed Peña in a one-sided unanimous choice.
Aldana (14-6) has gained 4 of her final battle fights. She was scheduled to rematch Raquel Pennington on Might 20, however now she steps right into a world title bout.
