An undisclosed injury has forced Shayna Baszler to pull out of her fight against Sarah Kaufmann at The Ultimate Fighter Nations Finale and the UFC is now searching for a new opponent for Kaufman.
UFC officials announced the Baszler injury on Tuesday evening.
The Ultimate Fighter Nations Finale takes place from the Colisee Pepsi in Quebec City on April 16th and will be headlined by a middleweight bout as Michael Bisping meets Tim Kennedy.
This is the second time that an injury has delayed the UFC debut of Baszler, who was a member of Team Rousey during The Ultimate Fighter 18. The UFC had targeted her to be on the live finale last year, but an injury forced her off the card.
The current TUF Nations Finale fight card is below.
Michael Bisping (24-5) vs. Tim Kennedy (17-4)
Patrick Cote (19-8) vs. Kyle Noke (20-6-1)
TBA vs. TBA – TUF Nations Middleweight Final
TBA vs. TBA – TUF Nations Welterweight Final
Dustin Poirier (15-3) vs. Akira Corassani (14-4-1)
Sam Stout (20-9-1) vs. K.J. Noons (12-7)
Mitch Gagnon (10-2) vs. Tim Gorman (8-2)
Evan Dunham (14-5) vs. Mark Bocek (11-5)
Sarah Kaufman (16-2, 1NC) vs. TBD
Ryan Jimmo (18-3) vs. Sean O’Connell (15-4)
George Roop (14-11-1) vs. Dustin Kimura (12-1)