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your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. Two fringe top-10 Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweights
looking to climb back up the division will be meeting in a few
months. Late Thursday night,
MMA Junkie broke the news that Jessica Eye
(15-10, 1 NC) would be taking on Andrea Lee
(12-5) at flyweight on Nov. 13. The
UFC Fight Night card on that date should go on inside the UFC
Apex. The pairing has been confirmed by
other outlets since its announcement.
Eye’s UFC career has been anything but consistent, recording just a
single victory in her first seven tries inside the Octagon. A drop
down to flyweight in 2018 prompted a three-fight win streak that
culminated in a title shot against Valentina
Shevchenko, but that was not meant to be when Shevchenko
leveled her early into the second round in 2019. “Evil Eye” has
struggled of late, missing weight on multiple occasions while
recording just one win among three defeats since the championship
opportunity. In her last 12 fights, the only one that did not end
up in the hands of the judges was her loss to Shevchenko.
Like Eye, Lee is no stranger to the judges, with just one of her
last seven bouts ending inside the distance. Lee too was embroiled
in a lengthy skid that saw her drop consecutive decisions to
Joanne
Calderwood, Lauren
Murphy and Roxanne
Modafferi across 2019 and 2020. “KGB” snapped this stretch with
a triangle armbar submission of Antonina
Shevchenko in May.
The UFC event on Nov. 13 will likely take place inside the UFC Apex
in Las Vegas. The expected headliner is a much-anticipated
featherweight tilt between Max
Holloway and Yair
Rodriguez. Other matches on the card include a heavyweight
encounter between Philipe
Lins and Ovince St.
Preux, while Lando
Vannata squares off with Tucker Lutz
at lightweight.
