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

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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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