Jessica-Rose Clark has injured her foot and will not be fighting Talita Bernardo at UFC 237. Instead, Melissa Gatto will step in to make her promotional debut.
Combate first reported the change to UFC 237, while Jessica-Rose Clark posted details of her injury on Instagram.
This is the second straight scheduled fight that Clark has pulled out of. She was supposed to fight Andrea “KGB” Lee in December, but had complications with her weight cut and was pulled from the card. Clark is 2-1 in the UFC, defeating Bec Rawlings and Paige VanZant before falling to current title contender Jessica Eye.
Melissa Gatto is undefeated at 6-0-2 with four submissions. She last fought in September, winning by first-round kimura. Talita Bernardo recently scored her first Octagon victory, defeating Sarah Moras by decision in October to move to 1-2 with the promotion. Bernardo is a submission specialist, who had four first-round submissions and a 5-1 record before joining the UFC.
UFC 237 is the first pay-per-view headlined by a strawweight title fight, with Rose Namajunas defending her belt against Jessica Andrade. Also featured on the card are Brazilian legends Anderson Silva and (hopefully) Jose Aldo. The card will take place inside the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 11.
