A women’s bantamweight bout has been rescheduled for the UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik event as Ketlen Vieira will now face Yana Kunitskaya on August 8. Originally, the fight was set to take place at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Aldana; however, My MMA News first reported the move, though no reason was given for the date change.
Vieira’s momentum was halted when she was beat by Irene Aldana at UFC 245. Before the devastating loss, the bantamweight was on a strong ten-fight winning streak that saw Vieira beat Ashlee Evans-Smith (via unanimous decision at UFC on Fox 24), Sara McMann (via submission at UFC 215), and Cat Zingano (via split decision at UFC 222). Her professional record currently stands at 10 wins and 1 loss.
Kunitskaya is coming off a loss to Aspen Ladd at UFC on ESPN 7. The bantamweight has only gotten two wins in the promotion thus far, beating over Lina Lansberg (via unanimous decision at UFC 229) and Marion Reneau (via unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night 146). Kunitskaya’s professional record currently stands at 12 wins, 5 losses, and 1 no contest.
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik takes place on Saturday, August 8 from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada with the two heavyweights headlining. Check out the updated line-up below:
Derrick Lewis vs. Aleksei Oleinik
Omari Akhmedov vs. Chris Weidman
Julia Avila vs. Nicco Montano
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
Ketlen Vieira vs. Yana Kunitskaya