UFC on ESPN 29 loses Liana Jojua vs. Cortney Casey; bout expected to be rescheduled

UFC on ESPN 29 has lost a women’s flyweight fight.

Liana Jojua is out of her scheduled Aug. 21 meeting with Cortney Casey due to visa issues. The fight was expected to take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. While the bout won’t be happening on its original date, the matchup is expected to remain intact and be rescheduled for a later event.

Two people with knowledge of the postponement recently informed MMA Junkie of the change, but asked to remain anonymous since the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.

For Jojua (8-4 MMA, 1-2 UFC), her lone UFC victory is sandwiched between defeats. After she dropped her promotional debut to Sarah Moras in September 2019, Jojua defeated Diana Belbita with a first-round armbar. In her most recent outing at UFC 254 in October 2020, Jojua was stopped on a cut against Miranda Maverick.

Casey (9-9 MMA, 5-8 UFC) will enter the fight when it’s rescheduled on a two-fight losing skid. She is 2-5 in her most recent seven, but has been plagued by three close split decision defeats.

The current UFC on ESPN 29 lineup includes:

• Jared Cannonier vs. Kelvin Gastelum
• Trevin Jones vs. Mana Martinez
• Fabio Cherant vs. William Knight
• Austin Hubbard vs. Vinc Pichel
• Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brandon Royval
• Austin Lingo vs. Luis Saldana
• Parker Porter vs. Chase Sherman
• Brian Kelleher vs. Domingo Pilarte
• Clay Guida vs. Mark Madsen
• Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Sasha Palatnikov
• Bea Malecki vs. Josiane Nunes
• Ignacio Bahamondes vs. Roosevelt Roberts