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ESPN app. Two
Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweights keen on working their
way up the division will meet in May.
MMA Junkie first reported the news on Thursday that Andrea Lee
(11-5) would be taking on Antonina
Shevchenko (9-2) at UFC 262.
The two flyweights will collide on May 15 at a currently
undetermined venue that is expected to be the UFC Apex in Las
Vegas. Lee confirmed the matchup was pending on her Instagram.
“KGB” Lee is looking to snap a three-fight decision skid since
September 2019, where she dropped split verdicts to Joanne
Calderwood and Lauren
Murphy before losing unanimously to Roxanne
Modafferi in September 2020. Before this unsuccessful stretch,
Lee had never lost consecutive bouts. With appearances at Legacy Fighting Alliance and Invicta Fighting Championships leading to her
rise up the division, Lee went on to notch three wins inside the
Octagon. Lee has gone the distance in all six of her UFC
matches.
Since making her promotional debut in 2018, Shevchenko has
alternated wins and losses across those five UFC bouts. Like her
opponent, “La Pantera” also suffered a decision setback to Roxanne
Modafferi. The Kyrgyzstan-Peruvian fighter went on to earn her
first career submission when she put Lucie
Pudilova to sleep with a rear-naked choke, only to then lose to
Katlyn
Chookagian. In her last outing at UFC 255, Shevchenko showed
off her Tiger Muay Thai skills by finishing Ariane
Lipski in the second round with strikes, all while becoming the
first sister tandem – joining champion sibling Valentina
Shevchenko – to compete and win on the same card.
UFC 262 will go down on May 15 likely at either the UFC Apex in Las
Vegas or on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. No
headliner or co-main event bout has yet to be announced for this
pay-per-view offering, but a few significant flyweight matches
including Alexa Pere vs. Matt
Schnell and Katlyn
Chookagian vs. Viviane
Araujo are currently billed for the event.
