[autotag]Lauren Murphy[/autotag] and [autotag]Miesha Tate[/autotag] will still fight each other, just not this weekend.
The women’s flyweight bout, originally booked for UFC 276 this Saturday in Las Vegas, has been rescheduled for UFC on ABC 3 on July 16 in Long Island, New York due to COVID-19 protocols, the UFC announced Monday.
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The fight will mark Tate’s (19-8 MMA, 6-5 UFC) flyweight debut. The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion makes the drop to 125 pounds after coming up short in a unanimous decision against Ketlen Vieira in the UFC Fight Night 198 main event last November. Tate is 1-1 since returning from retirement in 2021. She stopped Marion Reneau by TKO in her first fight back and then lost to Vieira.
Meawnhile, Murphy (15-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) will look to rebound from her title loss to flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko last September. Prior to that, Murphy was on a five-fight winning streak, including wins over Andrea Lee and Joanne Wood.
With the addition, here’s the complete UFC on ABC lineup:
MAIN CARD (ABC, ESPN+, 3 p.m. ET)
- Brian Ortega vs. Yair Rodriguez
- Askar Askarov vs. Alex Perez
- Jack Shore vs. Ricky Simon
- Amanda Lemos vs. Michelle Waterson
- Bill Algeo vs. Billy Quarantillo
- Li Jingliang vs. Muslim Salikhov
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, ESPN+, 12 p.m. ET)
- Lauren Murphy vs. Miesha Tate
- Matt Schnell vs. Su Mudaerji
- Dwight Grant vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
- Khusein Askhabov vs. Herbert Burns
- Dalcha Lungiambula vs. Puna Soriano
- Dustin Jacoby vs. Da-un Jung
- Emily Ducote vs. Jessica Penne
- Shane Burgos vs. Charles Jourdain
- Abubakar Nurmagomedov vs. Phil Rowe
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