Joanna Jedrzejczyk x Namajunas is official for UFC 217, in NY

Duel will take place on November 4th (Photo: Reproduction/Twitter UFC)

Now it's official! The duel between Joanna Jedrzejczyk e Rose namajunas, valid for the women's strawweight belt, already has a confirmed date and location. The confrontation will be part of the main card of UFC 217, on November 4th, in New York (USA). The information was confirmed by Ultimate itself.

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This will be the sixth time Jedrzejczyk has put her legacy on the line. At 30 years old, the Polish woman has been division champion since March 2015, when she knocked out Carla esparza. Since then, he has made five title defenses, including victories over the Brazilians Claudia gadelha, in July 2016, and Jessica Stacker, last May. She is undefeated in MMA, having won the 14 fights she has had, eight of them in Ultimate.

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Namajunas, 25 years old, will have the second opportunity to win the strawweight belt, as she already competed for the division's inaugural title in 2014, but was submitted by Carla esparza. Since then, he has had five more fights in Ultimate, recording four wins and just one loss. His most recent triumph was in April this year, when he finished Michelle Waterson.

Two more title fights are confirmed for UFC 217. After four years without fighting, Georges St Pierre returns to the octagon against Michael Bisping, current middleweight champion, while cody garbrandt puts the rooster title on the line against the opponent TJ Dillashaw. The Brazilian representatives on the card, so far, are the middleweight Paulo borrachinha, who faces the former welterweight champion John hendricks, and the bantamweight Ricardo Carcacinha, who measures forces with the undefeated Canadian Aiemann Zahabi.