A presumptive No. 1 contender bout is headed to Las Vegas.
Prime-ranked UFC strawweight contender Tatiana Suarez (10-0) will face No. 3-ranked Virna Jandiroba (21-3) at UFC 310, which takes place on Dec. 7 at T-Cellular Enviornment. Ag Fight was first to report the information which was later confirmed to MMA Preventing through a number of sources with data of the reserving.
A embellished wrestler earlier than transitioning to MMA, Suarez received season 23 of The Final Fighter and made a right away impression within the UFC, successful her first 5 bouts within the promotion. A title shot appeared imminent however then Suarez was beset by accidents that stored her out of the cage for almost 4 years. She lastly returned to motion in 2023, with wins over Montana de la Rosa and Jessica Andrade, and now hopes to cement her declare to a shot at 115-pound champion Weili Zhang.
A former Invicta strawweight champion, Jandiroba was handed a tricky activity in her UFC debut again in 2019, dropping to former champion Carla Esparza. An up-and-down stint adopted however lately the BJJ black belt appears to have discovered her stride, successful 4 fights in a row, throughout ranked opposition.
UFC 310 doesn’t presently have a primary occasion scheduled.
Guilherme Cruz and Damon Martin contributed to this report.
