Sara
McMann and Julianna
Pena will square off one week later than originally
anticipated.
The bantamweight bout has been moved from UFC on ABC 1 to
UFC 257 for undisclosed reasons.
MMAjunkie.com was first to report the change. UFC 257 takes
place on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi on Jan. 23 and is headlined by a
lightweight tilt between Conor
McGregor and Dustin
Poirier.
McMann returned after nearly a two-year absence at UFC Fight Night
166 in January, when she halted a two-bout losing streak with a
unanimous decision triumph against Lina
Lansberg. The Olympic silver medalist challenged for
bantamweight gold in her second Octagon appearance, falling to
Ronda
Rousey via first-round TKO at UFC 170 in February 2014. She is
6-5 during her tenure with the Las Vegas-based promotion.
Pena’s lone appearance of 2020 came at UFC on ESPN 16, where she
was submitted in the third round by Germaine
de Randamie on Oct. 3. “The Ultimate Fighter 18” winner began
her UFC career with four consecutive triumphs but has since lost
two of her last three, falling to de Randamie and Valentina
Shevchenko.