Correia Injures Eye In Training
On Wednesday, Bethe Correia shared a message on Instagram stating a training accident forced her to undergo emergency surgery. Correia also revealed that she was expecting to fight Irene Aldana at a UFC show in January, though that fight had not been officially announced:
Correia’s manager Wallid Ismail told MMA Fighting that Correia suffered an eye injury while training, and he does not expect her to resume preparations before the year is through.
Correia wrote in the Instagram post above, she hopes to be able to fight Aldana in “the first semester of 2018.” The former title contender’s last fight was a UFC Fight Night event on June 17 in Kallang, Singapore, losing to Holly Holm by third-round knockout.