Per sources, UFC adding Macy Chiasson
(@macy_chiasson)
vs. Sijara Eubanks (@SarJnCharge)
to a UFC Fight Night on Sept. 5.— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN)
July 17, 2020
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ESPN app. A women’s bantamweight matchup between two women eyeing
the top 10 has been added to the
Ultimate Fighting Championship’s upcoming show in
September. On Friday, ESPN
announced that the promotion has added a bantamweight battle
between Macy
Chiasson (6-1) and Sijara
Eubanks (5-4) to its Sept. 5 event. The
UFC Fight Night card on this date is scheduled for the UFC Apex
in Las Vegas.
“The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters” featherweight winner Chiasson
bounced back from her first career defeat with a one-sided drubbing
of late replacement Shanna
Young in February. For that bout, Chiasson was originally set
to square off against former flyweight champ Nicco
Montano, but Montano suffered an injury and Young stepped in on
fight week. The Louisiana native burst out of the gate with a trio
of finishes against Pannie
Kianzad, Gina Mazany
and Sarah Moras
before Lina
Lansberg hander her a loss last September. Chiasson’s record is
evenly distributed, with two wins by knockout, two by submission
and two more on the scorecards.
A finalist of her own season of “The Ultimate Fighter,” Eubanks
lost a championship opportunity when she was hospitalized due to
her weight cut. “SarJ” made good in her return by taking decisions
over top-ranked flyweights Lauren
Murphy and Roxanne
Modafferi, but a move up to bantamweight came with pair of
defeats to Aspen Ladd
and Bethe
Correia that derailed her hopes of getting back in a title
picture. In May, Eubanks captured a decision against Moras, and she
has gone the distance in each of her last six bouts.
The UFC Fight Night card on Sept. 5 is headlined by a heavyweight
tilt between Alistair
Overeem and Augusto
Sakai. Going down at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, other key
matchups on the card include Michel
Pereira taking on Zelim
Imadaev at welterweight, while Julia Avila
locks horns with Montano at bantamweight.