A pivotal strawweight bout has been added to UFC 298 as top-five contenders [autotag]Tatiana Suarez[/autotag] and [autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag] are set to do battle.
The UFC on Tuesday announced the matchup, which takes place Feb. 17 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
Undefeated Suarez (10-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) returned to her winning ways this year after a nearly four-year layoff due to injury. She beat Montana De La Rosa at flyweight in her first fight back, a second-round submission in February. Suarez followed that up with another second-round submission, this time at strawweight against former champ Jessica Andrade in August. Suarez will look to secure a title shot with another win, especially a finish.
Lemos (13-3-1 MMA, 7-3 UFC) is coming off a title-fight loss to champ Zhang Weili this past August at UFC 292. Lemos lost by unanimous decision to snap a two-fight winning streak against Michelle Waterson-Gomez and Marina Rodriguez.
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With the addition, here is the updated UFC 298 lineup:
- Champ Alexander Volkanovski vs. Ilia Topuria – for featherweight title
- Henry Cejudo vs. Merab Dvalishvili
- Amanda Lemos vs. Tatiana Suarez
- Tai Tuivasa vs. Marcin Tybura
- Ikram Aliskerov vs. Anthony Hernandez
- Andrea Lee vs. Miranda Maverick
- Marcos Rogerio vs. Justin Tafa
- Zhang Mingyang vs. Brendson Ribeiro
- Danny Barlow vs. Yusaku Kinoshita
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 298.