UFC shifts Ketlen Vieira vs. Yana Kunitskaya to Aug. 8 event (original) (raw)

Ketlen Vieira vs. Yana Kunitskaya is still happening, just at a different event than originally expected.

Originally booked for Aug. 1, the women’s bantamweight fight will now take place on Aug. 8 instead.

A person with knowledge of the situation confirmed the change to MMA Junkie on Tuesday but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. My MMA News was first to report the news.

After a 4-0 start to her UFC tenure, which included wins over former bantamweight title challengers Sara McMann and Cat Zingano, Vieira (10-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) suffered her first career loss to Irene Aldana in her last outing at UFC 245.

Former Invicta FC bantamweight champ Kunitskaya (12-5-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) challenged then UFC featherweight champ Cris Cyborg in her promotional debut in March 2018 but was stopped in the first round. She has split her first four UFC appearances and is coming off a third-round stoppage loss to Aspen Ladd last December.

With the addition, the Aug. 8 lineup includes:

• Derrick Lewis vs. Aleksei Oleinik
• Omari Akhmedov vs. Chris Weidman
• Ciryl Gane vs. Sergey Pavlovich
• Andrew Sanchez vs. Wellington Turman
• Miranda Granger vs. Nadia Kassem
• Peter Barrett vs. Steve Garcia
• Nasrat Haqparast vs. Alex Munoz
• Tim Means vs. Laureano Staropoli
• Yana Kunitskaya vs. Ketlen Vieira

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