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Former UFC featherweight champion Germaine De Randamie is out, rising star Jacqueline Cavalcanti is in against Nora Cornolle for the upcoming UFC Paris mixed martial arts (MMA) event on ESPN+, scheduled for Sat., Sept. 28, 2024 at Accor Arena in Paris, France.

“Iron Lady” announced her departure on social media.

“I’m so heartbroken to inform you that I had to pull out of my fight in Paris,” De Randamie wrote on Instagram. “Two weeks ago in training I broke my finger and fractured my foot. The doctors told me I couldn’t train for at least three weeks. Knowing I had only five weeks left, my team and I decided to pull us out, because we didn’t wanna take a risk and put one hell of a dogfight for you guys.”

“I’m especially heartbroken because I’m coming close to the end of my fighting career and wanted to give this to my friends and family who planned to be attending in the arena,” De Randamie continued. “I had a plan but God decided differently this time. I will be back in the gym as soon as the doctor gives me green light. And I truly hope the UFC will give me my fight before the end of the year. Thank you for all your support and kind words. I will be back and do what I have planned to do.”

De Randamie (10-5) is coming off a decision loss to Norma Dumont at UFC Vegas 90.

Cavalcanti (7-1) is 2-0 inside the Octagon after making her UFC debut roughly one year back. Same for Cornolle (8-1), who debuted at the same event — last year’s UFC Paris card in late 2023 — and now stands at 2-0 under the UFC banner.

For the revised UFC Paris fight card and ESPN+ lineup click here.

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Germaine de Randamie is out of UFC Paris.

De Randamie was scheduled to face Nora Cornolle in a women’s bantamweight contest at UFC Paris on Sept. 28 at Accor Arena, however, on Thursday, “The IronLady” announced she was forced to withdraw from the event due to injury.

“Hi guys,

“I’m so heartbroken to inform you that I had to pull out of my fight September 28th in Paris. Two weeks ago in training I broke my finger and fractured my foot. The doctors told me I couldn’t train for at least 3 weeks. Knowing I had only 5 weeks left, my team and I decided to pull us out, because we didn’t wanna take a risk and put one hell of a dogfight for you guys. I’m especially heartbroken because I’m coming close to the end of my fighting career and wanted to give this to my friends and family who planned to be [in attendance] in the arena. I had a plan but god decided differently this time. I will be back in the gym as soon as the doctor gives me green light. And I truly hope the UFC will give me my fight before the end of the year. Thank you for all your support and kind words. I will be back and do what I have planned to do. ‘DIE WITH MEMORIES, NOT DREAMS.’”

An accomplished kickboxer before transitioning to MMA, de Randamie was the inaugural UFC women’s featherweight champion, beating Holly Holm for the belt back at UFC 208. De Randamie was later stripped of the title by the promotion after refusing to fight Cris Cyborg and returning to the bantamweight division. She would go on to challenge Amanda Nunes for the bantamweight title, losing via unanimous decision in 2019. Most recently, de Randamie ended a three year hiatus from competition by returning against Norma Dumont at UFC Vegas 90, where she lost via unanimous decision.

With de Randamie out, Jacqueline Cavalcanti is expected to replace her in the fight against Cornolle on Sept. 28. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Thursday following an initial report from AG Fight.

Cavalcanti accepts the fight after going 2-0 to start her UFC career including wins over Zarah Fairn and Josiane Nunes. Now she clashes with Cornolle as part of the UFC’s return to Paris.

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The fight night weights for the athletes who competed at Bellator San Diego have been revealed by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC)

In an effort to cut down on extreme weight cutting, the CSAC started tracking fluctuations between the time when the fighters set foot on the scale and then compete just 24 hours later. Any variance over 10 percent of overall body weight gets flagged as a potential suggestion for athletes to consider changing weight classes in the future.

All told there were 10 total athletes from the Bellator San Diego card who broke that threshold including lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov and his opponent Alexander Shabliy.

Nurmagomedov hit the scale at 154.8 pounds on Friday and weighed 173.6 pounds on fight night — 18.8 pounds higher, which was a 12-percent gain.

As for Shabliy, he actually gained just slightly more weight after making the lightweight limit for the title fight at 154.8 pounds and then gaining 19.2 pounds to weigh 174 pounds when he competed on Saturday night. That was also within range for a 12-percent weight gain.

The fight itself went in Nurmagomedov’s favor with the undefeated Russian putting on a dominant performance to win a unanimous decision.

The co-main event fighters also saw some of the biggest weight gains on the card with Lorenz Larkin weighing 170.4 pounds on Friday and then gaining 18.4 pounds to weigh 188.8 pounds on Saturday night. His opponent Levan Chokheli hit the scale at 170.8 pounds and ultimately came into the fight at 189 pounds after gaining 18.2 pounds overnight.

Larkin scored a highlight reel knockout to cement himself as the No. 1 contender in the Bellator welterweight division.

Here are the full fight night weights for Bellator San Diego along with the percentage of weight gain, per the CSAC

Usman Nurmagomedov (154.8 to 173.6 pounds = 12 percent) vs. Alexander Shabliy (154.8 to 174 pounds = 12 percent)

Lorenz Larkin (170.4 to 188.8 pounds = 11 percent) vs. Levan Chokheli (170.8 to 189 pounds = 11 percent)

Aaron Jeffery (184.4 to 201.6 pounds = 9 percent) vs. Douglas Lima (184.6 to 189.9 pounds = 3 percent)

Mackenzie Stiller (125.2 to 131.8 pounds = 5 percent) vs. Sumiko Inaba (125.2 to 135.6 pounds = 8 percent)

Zhora Aivazian (155.4 to 169.2 pounds = 9 percent) vs. Yancy Medeiros (155.2 to 177 pounds = 14 percent)

Imamshavi Aliev (185 to 208.2 pounds = 13 percent) vs. Jordan Newman (185.2 to 192 pounds = 4 percent)

Herman Terrado (170.4 to 195.8 pounds = 15 percent) vs. Masayuki Kikuiri (169 to 181.8 pounds = 8 percent)

John MaCalolooy (134.8 to 146.4 pounds = 9 percent) vs. Bryce Meredith (135.8 to 153 pounds = 13 percent)

Josh Hokit (242.2 to 243.6 pounds = 1 percent) vs. Sean Rose (264.8 to 272.4 pounds = 3 percent)

Aysia Cortez (116 to 131 pounds = 13 percent) vs. Ashley Thiner (115 to 135.8 pounds = 18 percent)

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