Jessica
Andrade is headed back down to the division where she
experienced her greatest success.
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The former strawweight queen will return to 115 pounds for a
matchup against Lupita
Godinez at UFC 319. Ag.Fight was first to report the pairing.
UFC 319 takes place at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 16
and is headlined by a middleweight championship bout between
Dricus Du
Plessis and Khamzat
Chimaev.
Andrade is coming off back-to-back losses against Jasmine
Jasudavicius and Natalia
Silva at 125 pounds. Prior to that, “Bate Estaca” earned
victories over Mackenzie
Dern and Marina
Rodriguez at strawweight. While the 33-year-old Brazilian was a
title holder at 115 pounds, she came up short in a bid for
flyweight gold, falling to Valentina
Shevchenko via TKO at UFC 261.
Godinez snapped a two-bout skid in her first appearance of 2025, as
she outpointed Julia
Polastri at UFC on ESPN 64 on March 29. “Loopy” is 8-5 since
beginning her Octagon tenure in 2021.