Combate Global strawweight champion Melissa
Martinez has signed with the UFC and will make her debut
against Hannah
Cifers on Sept. 10.
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The 115-pound pairing was initially reported
by Lichald Scott. The UFC Fight Night event does not yet have a
location or headliner.
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“Super Melly” will enter her Octagon debut with a 7-0 professional
mark, with all but one of those victories coming under the Combate
Global banner. It will be the first appearance since December 2019
for the Mexico City native, who claimed 115-pound gold with a
decision win over Desiree
Yanez on the Tito
Ortiz–Alberto
Rodriguez undercard.
Cifers, meanwhile, is 2-5 in the UFC. She is currently in the midst
of a four-bout skid, which includes a second-round submission
defeat to Mallory
Martin in her last outing at UFC Fight Night 175 in August
2020.