UFC president Dana White announced on Tuesday that Julianna Peña is out of her scheduled UFC 289 bantamweight championship trilogy bout against Amanda Nunes. Stepping in as a replacement will be No. 5 ranked Irene Aldana.
According to White, Peña suffered broken ribs and will be unable to compete. She and Nunes are 1-1 in their two previous matches. Peña pulled off an enormous upset at UFC 269, defeating Nunes by submission. In the rematch, Nunes destroyed Peña in a one-sided unanimous decision.
Aldana (14-6) has won four of her last fight fights. She was scheduled to rematch Raquel Pennington on May 20, but now she steps into a world title bout.
Julianna Peña injured, Irene Aldana steps in to face Amanda Nunes at UFC 289
