BREAKING: Kayla Harrison OUT Of UFC 324 Matchup With Amanda Nunes

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🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The UFC's debut on Paramount+ has taken a hit with Kayla Harrison suffering a reported injury that has scratched her from her scheduled title defense against Amanda Nunes at UFC324. Following the breaking news, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Jed Meshew react, discuss if Nunes should remain on the card against a new opponent, and much more. Follow Mike Heck: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@m_heckjr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jed Meshew: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JedKMeshew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/dYpsgH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our full video catalog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/u8VvLi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our playlists:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/eFhsvM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like MMAF on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/nOATUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read More: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network. All right, everybody.
0:27.2	Mike Keck here from MMAfighting.com reacting to some breaking news on this Wednesday.
0:34.0	UFC 324 has taken not just a hit, but a fairly big one.
0:40.4	First reported by the Eagle Tribune,
0:42.9	Kayla Harrison, the UFC Women's Banimay champion, is out of her scheduled title defense
0:48.8	next Saturday, a UFC 324 against the returning Amanda Nunes.
0:54.8	And according to the report, Harrison was forced to undergo surgery to fix herniated
0:59.5	discs in her neck after she flew to New York to seek treatment on her injury prior to the
1:05.0	first UFC on Paramount event in Las Vegas.
1:07.8	Now, we over at MAFighting.com, we have confirmed this news to be, in fact, true
1:13.0	from a source with knowledge of the promotions plans. As of now, and who the hell knows what
1:19.3	could happen in the next several hours or several days leading up to UFC 324, it is expected
1:25.1	that the fight will just be postponed to a later date. Amanda Nunes will not remain on the card. We don't know when that date will be for the rescheduled Kayla Harrison versus Amanda Nunes fight. Obviously, we'll keep you updated here at M.AFighting.com, but as of this very moment, UFC 324 moves forward with the one interim lightweight title fight,
1:44.8	the main event between Justin Gachi and Patty Pimbled.
1:47.8	And as of this very second, 13 fights will take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
1:53.6	This one stings for multiple reasons.
1:57.3	Obviously, it was a massive fight for the card and a massive fight for the UFC and a massive fight for the sport. And also, it's massively bad news for me in regards to something
2:07.4	that will drop tomorrow. So stay tuned for that. But joining me now to react to this news is the one
2:13.8	and only Mr. Doe grayer himself, Jed Michoud. Jed, your reaction to this fight no longer taking place at UFC 324 in the news that is out
2:24.0	there that Kayla Harrison had a neck injury, surgery, and she's not fighting January 24th.
2:30.3	I think I was bummed because everybody's like a little bit bummed but I don't think this is that bad for the UFC.
2:37.2	I know I've seen some immediate backlash saying that this is the 2026 is off to a terrible start and this is this is horrible and like it's not good.
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