Karol Rosa Hospitalized From Weight Cut, Sept. 3 Fight With Sijara Eubanks Scratched

Karol Rosa passa mal, é levada para o hospital e deixa luta contra Sijara Eubanks no UFC de sábado https://t.co/8IbreH8d8w pic.twitter.com/MXcK4N2pys

— Combate (@canalCombate) September 3, 2020

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Two hard weight cuts in the span of a few months got the better of Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight Karol Rosa.

Combate was the first to break the news on Thursday that Rosa has been knocked out of her UFC Fight Night 176 matchup with Sijara Eubanks due to a bad weight cut. Rosa has been hospitalized, and her condition is currently unknown. The bout will be removed from the bill, per MMA Fighting, and Eubanks will take on Julia Avila at UFC Fight Night 177 on Sept. 12. Avila's management team confirmed this new bout shortly after the news broke, and it is unclear if Avila's October matchup with Nicco Montano will remain intact.

Rosa (13-3) last stepped in the cage on short notice in July, where she captured a unanimous decision over Vanessa Melo. The victory extended Rosa’s win streak to four, which is her longest since she began her career at 5-0. Rosa was initially linked to four separate bouts with Julia Avila in late 2019 and throughout much of 2020, which saw two iterations scrubbed due to the coronavirus and two others fizzled when Rosa withdrew.

Eubanks (5-4) was looking to keep her momentum following a decision triumph over Sarah Moras in May. The win snapped a two-fight skid against Aspen Ladd and Bethe Correia, and all three bouts took place in the bantamweight division. Following her appearance on Season 26 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” Eubanks remained at 125 pounds and nearly fought for the belt before her own hospitalization due to her weight cut ejected her from the championship bout. Two subsequent trips out at flyweight where “Sarj” publicly struggled with the 125-pound limit while missing the mark on one occasion prompted a return to 135 pounds in 2019.

Since the story of the withdrawal came out, former UFC fighter and ex-Strikeforce champ Sarah Kaufman (21-5, 1 NC) lobbied to step in. Eubanks quickly responded positively to the potential match. Kaufman, a Professional Fighters League women's lightweight playoff participant, last competed at 155 pounds in 2019. Unfortunately for Kaufman, the bout has been rescheduled instead of adding the Canadian as a replacement.

UFC Fight Night 177 goes down at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Sept. 5, where it will be headlined by a heavyweight clash between Alistair Overeem and Augusto Sakai. Serving in the co-main event is a recently rescheduled light heavyweight affair between Ovince St. Preux and Alonzo Menifield.