The main event of UFC 237 is official.
Headlining the pay-per-view on May 11 will be the strawweight title bout between Rose Namajunas and Jessica Andrade in Rio de Janeiro.
MMA Fighting confirmed the news with their sources.
Thus far, Namajunas has only had one title defense under her belt, which was against the woman she took it from in the first place, Joanna Jędrzejczyk on April 7, 2018. Since then, the strawweight champion has had to deal with an injury that prevented her from competing inside the octagon.
The other main card fights are a featherweight bout between two-time UFC champion Jose Aldo and top contender Alexander Volkanovski, and a middleweight bout between Anderson Silva and Jared Cannonier. See the updated card below:
Rose Namajunas vs. Jessica Andrade
Jose Aldo vs. Alexander Volkanoski
Anderson Silva vs. Jared Cannonier
Thiago Alves vs. Laureano Staropoli
Luana Carolina vs. Yanan Wu
Talita Bernardo vs. Jessica-Rose Clark
Bethe Correia vs. Irene Aldana
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Ryan Spann
B.J. Penn vs. Clay Guida
Said Nurmagomedov vs. Raoni Barcelos