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Rose Namajunas vs. Natalia Silva elevated on revamped UFC 324 lineup

Rose Namajunas vs. Natalia Silva elevated on revamped UFC 324 lineup

With the Kayla Harrison vs. Amanda Nunes title fight off UFC 324, the promotion has shuffled the lineup for its debut event on Paramount+.

There will be no replacement for the Harrison vs. Nunes women's bantamweight bout that was booked for the Jan. 24 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, meaning the matchup between former 135-pound champion Sean O'Malley (18-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) and Song Yadong (22-8-1 MMA, 11-3-1 UFC) will now serve as the co-main event.

That leaves one slot open for the main card lineup, and UFC officials announced on Wednesday that the women's flyweight bout between former two-time champion Rose Namajunas (14-7 MMA, 12-6 UFC) and streaking contender Natalia Silva (19-5-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) will be elevated from the preliminary portion of the card to a main card slot.

Full UFC 324 fight card:

MAIN CARD (Paramount+, 9 p.m. ET)

Justin Gaethje vs. Paddy Pimblett - for interim lightweight title

Sean O'Malley vs. Song Yadong

Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Derrick Lewis

Natalia Silva vs. Rose Namajunas

Arnold Allen vs. Jean Silva

PRELIMINARY CARD (Paramount+, 5 p.m. ET)

Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Umar Nurmagomedov

Ateba Gautier vs. Andrey Pulyaev

Alexander Hernandez vs. Michael Johnson

Modestas Bukauskas vs. Nikita Krylov

Charles Johnson vs. Alex Perez

Denzel Freeman vs. Josh Hokit

Cameron Smotherman vs. Ricky Turcios

Adam Fugitt vs. Ty Miller

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 324 fight card: Lineup revamped after Kayla Harrison injury

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