Recently signed Russian fighter Aleksandra Albu has been forced to withdraw from her scheduled UFC Fight Night 33 bout against Julie Kedzie due to an undisclosed injury.
The two were scheduled to clash at the event set to take place Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Queensland, Australia on December 7.
News of the withdrawal was first confirmed via SI.com with Albu’s opponent Julie Kedzie wasting no time in suggesting a replacement opponent – Rin Nikai from Japan. Nikai recently took a controversial decision win over Kedzie’s sparring partner Tara La Rosa back in September however Nikai not currently under contract with the UFC.
It is unclear if Kedzie will remain on the card with a replacement opponent to be found however adopted Australian Hector Lombard is also wanting to squeeze into a already full card.
Fight Card:
- Mark Hunt vs Antonio Silva
- James Te Huna vs Mauricio Rua
- Pat Barry vs Soa Palelei
- Antony Perosh vs Ryan Bader
- Dylan Andrews vs Clint Hester
- Caio Magalhaes vs Nick Ring
- Nam Phan vs Takeya Mizugaki
- Brian Melancon vs Robert Whittaker
- Krzysztof Jotko vs Bruno Santos
- Alex Garcia vs Andreas Stahl
- Alex Caceres vs Mitch Gagnon
- Justin Scoggins vs Richie Vaculik
*Fight order still to be determined.
