Tatiana Suarez vs. Roxanne Modafferi Targeted for UFC 266 on Sept. 25

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Tatiana
Suarez is expected to make her flyweight debut against Roxanne
Modafferi at
UFC 266.

Multiple outlets confirmed the targeted booking following an
initial report
from Ariel Helwani. UFC 266 takes place on Sept. 25 and is
headlined by a light heavyweight championship clash between
Jan
Blachowicz and Glover
Teixeira.

Suarez has not competed since a unanimous decision triumph over
Nina Ansaroff at UFC 238 in June 2019. The 30-year-old Milennia MMA
representative has been sidelined since then due to a neck injury.
“The Ultimate Fighter 23” winner also owns triumphs over Carla
Esparza, Alexa
Grasso, Viviane
Pereira and Amanda
Bobby Brundage in UFC competition. All of her previous Octagon
victories came at 115 pounds.

Modafferi, 38, is 4-6 over the course of two stints in the Las
Vegas-based promotion. “The Happy Warrior” last appeared at UFC on
ESPN 20, where she suffered a unanimous decision defeat to Araujo
on Jan. 20. Her resume includes victories over the likes of
Andrea
Lee, Maycee
Barber and Antonina
Shevchenko in UFC competition.