Fight fans wondered why Jessica Penne was removed from her preliminary bout with women's strawweight Jodie Esquibel earlier tonight (Sun., Feb. 17, 2019) at UFC on ESPN 1 from inside Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. Initially, it seemed as if a botched weight cut had something to do with Penne's withdrawal. Now it's obvious that an ankle injury forced the veteran out of her ESPN+ booking, as Penne posted the above image to her Instagram account earlier tonight. Yikes. Penne also delivered the following message to her fight fans and Esquibel: "I don’t have a lot of words to describe my emotions at the moment I want to apologize to my opponent @jodieesquibel and her camp for this fight not happening today. I’m truly very sorry Jodie. I went to do a small shakeout this morning and was working some basic drills when I rolled my ankle with the full weigh of my body and my training partners. I immediately iced it and was hoping that it wouldn’t be that bad but it became obvious very quickly that this was a bad sprain. The ufc medical team along with Sean Shelby came to my room and the decision was made along with my team that I couldn’t fight. I have a grade 2 sprain and will know more after x-rays. I’m heart broken and I know Jodie must be as well. Hopefully Jodie and I can be rebooked ASAP. Thank you to everyone for the support, it means more than you know." For complete UFC Phoenix results and coverage click here.