UFC bantamweight Bethe Correia went under the knife Tuesday for an emergency surgery to remove her appendix, and her manager Wallid Ismail told MMA Fighting the procedure was deemed a success but the doctors.
As MMA Fighting previously reported, the surgery forced “Pitbull” Correia to withdraw from a UFC Fight Island 7 bout with Wu Yanan on Jan. 16. There’s no timetable set at the moment for Correia’s return to training.
The UFC veteran released a statement on her social media on Tuesday night, stating “my last dance and my retirement fight will have to be postponed for a little while” but vowing to “put on amazing performance” in her final octagon appearance.