Amanda Nunes has been pulled from her fight at UFC on FOX 11, but she won’t be sitting idle. Nunes is stepping in for an injured Shayna Baszler to face Sarah Kaufman at The Ultimate Fighter Nations Finale. UFC officials announced the change on Thursday. Nunes had been scheduled to fight Alexis Dufresne on the April 19 card on FOX, but that was before Baszler suffered an undisclosed injury and fell out of the Kaufman bout. I’m still fighting April 16!! Amanda nunes has been pulled from the Orlando card to step in!! So pumped — Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) April 3, 2014 Kaufman (16-2, 1 NC) comes into fight with her last outing being ruled a no-contest due to her opponent, Jessica Eye, testing positive for a prohibited substance
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Amanda Nunes Pulled from UFC on FOX 11 to Fight Former Strikeforce Champ – MMA Weekly