The victor of this Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight
bout will be on a win streak, which might be all it takes to get a
title shot.
According to
ESPN Deportes on Thursday, UFC 279
on Sept. 10 is set to feature Irene
Aldana (13-6) vs. Macy
Chiasson (8-2) on its lineup at 135 pounds. Aldana has
confirmed the fight on her
Instagram Stories. There is currently no venue on the books for
this fight card, and its headliner is a reported matchup between
Aljamain
Sterling and T.J.
Dillashaw that has since been disputed by Sterling due to
pending contract negotiations.
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Aldana will try to keep momentum in her favor against Chiasson, as
she previously knocked out Yana
Kunitskaya at UFC 264 in 2021. The match, however, was tainted
by Aldana missing weight by nearly four pounds. Pairings with
Germaine
de Randamie and Aspen Ladd
fell through following that bout for various reasons, including
injury to her opponent and Aldana’s own withdrawal for undisclosed
reasons. Dating back to 2018, Aldana has beaten the likes of
Kunitskaya, Ketlen
Vieira and Bethe
Correia, while only falling short to Holly Holm
and Raquel
Pennington as she moved up the 135-pound rankings.
Chiasson has moved up and down between bantamweight and
featherweight to find her place with the company, last topping an
overweight Norma
Dumont at 145 pounds to put herself in prime position to
challenge for Amanda
Nunes’ throne. Instead, Chiasson will return to a division in
which she competed five times thus far in the UFC, with her lone
defeat along the way a decision setback to Lina
Lansberg. Winner of Season 28 of “The Ultimate Fighter” at
featherweight, she did return to the division in December, only to
fall victim to a Pennington submission after she herself missing
weight.
UFC 279 will go down on Sept. 10 at an undetermined location or
venue, and a match between Aljamain
Sterling and T.J.
Dillashaw may materialize as its headliner or at least on the
marquee. A few other fights are established on the card, including
Norma
Dumont vs. Danyelle
Wolf at women’s featherweight, as well as a heavyweight clash
between Shamil
Abdurakhimov and Jailton
Almeida.