The new UFC 324 main card has been revealed in the wake of bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison suffering an injury, which knocked her out of her scheduled fight against Amanda Nunes.
On Wednesday, UFC officials confirmed Harrison was forced out of the fight but the matchup against Nunes is being postponed and rescheduled to a later date. With Harrison vs. Nunes scrapped, the bantamweight fight between Sean O’Malley and Song Yadong has been promoted to the new co-main event slot.
O’Malley is looking
to return to the win column after suffering back-to-back losses to now former UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili. As for Song, he’s gone 3-1 in his past four fights with his only loss coming to current 135-pound king Petr Yan.
The women’s flyweight fight between Natalia Silva and former strawweight champion Rose Namajunas was also promoted to the main card after originally scheduled to take place on the prelims.
Undefeated in the UFC with a perfect 7-0 record, Silva could potentially find herself in title contention with another win while Namajunas attempts to build on a 3-1 run over her past four fights including victories over Miranda Maverick and Tracy Cortez.
The main event at UFC 324 pits Justin Gaethje against Paddy Pimblett with the winner being crowned interim lightweight champion.
UFC 324 goes down on Saturday night, Jan. 24 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas with the entire card airing live on Paramount+ with the main card kicking off at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT
Here’s the new UFC 324 main card and bout order
MAIN EVENT: Justin Gaethje vs. Paddy Pimblett
Sean O’Malley vs. Song Yadong
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Derrick Lewis
Natalia Silva vs. Rose Namajunas
Arnold Allen vs. Jean Silva
PRELIMS:
Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
Ateba Gautier vs. Andrey Pulyaev
Nikita Krylov vs. Modestas Bukauskas
Alex Perez vs. Charles Johnson
Michael Johnson vs. Alexander Hernandez
Josh Hokit vs. Denzel Freeman
Ricky Turcios vs. Cameron Smotherman
Adam Fugitt vs. Ty Miller
