A strawweight clash pitting Karolina
Kowalkiewicz against Jessica
Penne has been booked for UFC
265.
Promotion officials announced the pairing on Tuesday. UFC 265 takes
place on Aug. 7 at an as yet to be announced location and features
a women’s bantamweight title tilt between Amanda
Nunes and Julianna
Pena.
A former 115-pound title challenger, Kowalkiewicz is currently
mired in a four-bout losing streak. After suffering a first-round
knockout loss to Jessica
Andrade at UFC 228, the Lodz, Poland, native dropped three
successive decisions to Michelle
Waterson, Alexa
Grasso and Xiaonan Yan.
Kowalkiewicz hasn’t tasted victory since taking a split verdict
over Felice
Herrig at UFC 223 in April 2018.
Penne, meanwhile, returned from a four-year hiatus to snap a
three-bout skid at UFC on ESPN 22, where she garnered a
split-decision triumph against Lupita
Godinez on April 17. The former Invicta FC atomweight title
holder is 3-4 during her tenure with the Las Vegas-based promotion
and 13-5 as a professional overall.