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ESPN app. Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight
Sara
McMann will be looking to exact revenge in August. Per
MMA Fighting on Friday, Ketlen
Vieira (11-2) will once again be facing McMann (12-6) at
bantamweight, with the two aiming to square off at the previously
unannounced Aug.
28 UFC Fight Night card. The pairing has since been confirmed
by
other outlets. There has been no location announced for this
event, nor are there any other matches slated for the card at the
moment. The two first met in 2017, and Vieira landed an
arm-triangle choke on the former Olympian to advance her record to
9-0.
Since posting a 10-0 record including four wins inside the Octagon,
Vieira has run into some relatively hard times. Her first loss came
at the quick hands of Irene
Aldana, who punched her into unconsciousness at UFC 245 in
2019. Although she rebounded in late 2020 with a decision win over
Sijara
Eubanks, her last time out saw “Fenomeno” drop a decision to
Yana
Kunitskaya in February.
McMann too will be looking to return to the win column after a loss
suffered earlier this year, as Julianna
Pena tapped her out late into the third round with a rear-naked
choke at UFC 257. The former title challenger had a three-fight win
streak snapped by Vieira back in 2017, and she lost her subsequent
effort after the Vieira fight to Marion
Reneau also by submission. A win over Lina
Lansberg at the beginning of 2020 led to McMann being on the
shelf for just about one year, as a June 2020 matchup with Aspen Ladd
was scuttled when Ladd tore both her ACL and MCL.
