Livinha Souza and Amanda Lemos face each other at UFC 259, says website

L.Souza and A.Lemos face each other in the UFC 259, says website. Photo: SUPER FIGHTS montage

Ultimate works to close the card of UFC 259. After forwarding the featherweight belt dispute (up to 61,2 kg) between Petr yan e aljamain sterling, the company also negotiates the fight against Livinha Souza e Amanda lemos, valid for straw weight (up to 52,2 kg.). The fight will take place on March 6th, with no location yet defined. The information was released by 'Combate'.

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Livinha Souza, 29 years old, is a former Invicta FC strawweight champion and has a record of 14 wins and two losses. In the most recent challenge, she won Ashley yoder in the unanimous decision of the judges, in August 2020.

At 33, Amanda lemos He's going through a good phase in Ultimate with two victories in a row and he still hasn't lost after going down from bantamweight to strawweight. Currently, he has eight positive results, one negative and one draw. Its last exhibition took place at UFC Las Vegas 7, in August 2020, when she defeated Japanese Mizuki Inoue.

In addition to the fight between the Brazilians, the UFC 259 There are three title fights. Israel adesanya moves up to light heavyweight (up to 92,9 kg.) to challenge Jan Blachowicz, while the Brazilian Amanda nunes tries to defend the featherweight belt (up to 65,8 kg) against the North American Megan anderson. Petr yan e aljamain sterling They also compete to find out who will be the men's featherweight champion. Still on the card, the Brazilian Thiago Marreta seeks to return to the path of victories in a duel against the Croatian Aleksandar rakic.

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