A women’s bantamweight clash pitting Irene
Aldana against Yana
Kunitskaya has been added to the
UFC 264 lineup.
ESPN Deportes was first to report the booking. UFC 264 takes
place on July 10 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and is
headlined by a trilogy bout between Dustin
Poirier and Conor
McGregor.
Aldana last appeared at UFC on ESPN 16, where she suffered a
five-round decision loss to Holly Holm in
Abu Dhabi on Oct. 3. Prior to that defeat, the Lobo Gym MMA product
had been victorious in five of her previous six Octagon
appearances.
Kunitskaya enters the matchup have won four of her last five
outings within the Las Vegas-based promotion. Most recently, the
31-year-old Russian outpointed Ketlen
Vieira at UFC Fight Night 185 on Feb. 20.