A pivotal women’s bantamweight rematch will move forward, it will just take place on a different date.
Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that the fight between Nicco Montano and Julia Avila, which was originally scheduled to take place Aug. 8, will now take place at the UFC’s event Sept. 5.
A source close to the situation confirmed the reasoning for the change of date is due to Montano’s coach John Wood testing positive for COVID-19 earlier in the week—which was first reported by MyMMANews.com.