December 10, 2024 6:30 pm ET
Juliana Miller has been out of motion for a little bit over a 12 months, and now she’ll have to attend even longer to return to the UFC cage.
As a result of harm, Miller (3-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has withdrawn from her UFC Fight Night 251 bout vs. Carli Judice (3-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) that was scheduled for Feb. 15 on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The promotion is at present in search of a substitute.
Two individuals with information of the change, lately knowledgeable MMA Junkie of it however requested to stay nameless because the promotion has but to make an official announcement.
Miller, 28, is winless since she defeated Brogan Walker by TKO to win “The Final Fighter 30” in 2022. With a colourful persona and mic abilities, Miller entered her subsequent combat with elevated hype. Nevertheless, she misplaced that to Veronica Hardy by unanimous choice. She most lately competed in August 2023 when she was shortly finished with strikes by Luana Santos.
Judice, 25, seeks her first UFC win after a failed debut in June throughout which she misplaced a break up choice to Gabriella Fernandes. The loss was Judice’s second in a row. She was signed following a split decision defeat to Ernesta Kareckaite on Dana White’s Contender Sequence. With the change, the UFC Struggle Evening 251 lineup contains:
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