UFC 217 AT Madison Square Garden, New York, now has three title fights on tap.
The 4 November event will be headlined by Michael Bisping’s middleweight title defence versus the returning George Saint-Pierre, with Cody Garbrandt also doing battle with T.J. Dillashaw for the bantamweight title.
This afternoon, Joanna Jedrzejczyk has been added to the bill in a title fight with Rose Namajunas.
via @ProCast: @joannamma will fight at UFC 217 to tie @RondaRousey's record for title defenses! But who will she face? pic.twitter.com/529tokkW1V
— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) September 12, 2017
Poland’s Jedrzejczyk, 14-0 (8-0 UFC), will break Ronda Rousey’s record for most title defenses by a female should she hold onto her belt for the sixth time.
Namajunas (6-3, 4-2 UFC) earned an impressive submission win over Michelle Waterson at a UFC on Fox show in April, and has challenged for the title before: she made the finals of TUF 20 but fell to Carla Esparza.
Jedrzejczyk crushed Esparza to win the title in the latter’s next fight and has held it ever since.
💥 BOOM 💥
— UFC (@ufc) September 12, 2017
THREE title fights hit MSG as @JoannaMMA takes on @RoseNamajunas @TheGarden for #UFC217‼️ pic.twitter.com/6lFPqn7fxC
The 30-year-old Muay Thai merchant enters her sixth defence on the back of a dominant victory over Jessica Andrade at UFC 211 back in May.
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