A solid women’s strawweight bout has been added to the next UFC Mexico City card.
The UFC is taking the Octagon back to Mexico City in September, and it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that there will be a lot of Mexican talent taking residence on the card. The first bout attached to the event was announced by the promotion today, and will take place at women’s strawweight with Alexa Grasso meeting former champ Carla Esparza.
Grasso (11-2, 3-2 UFC) put together her finest UFC performance to date in her last bout, defeating Karolina Kowalkiewicz via unanimous decision. She has alternated wins and losses in each of her five bouts in the big show to date.
Esparza (14-6, 5-4 UFC) stopped a two-fight skid when she defeated late replacement Virna Jandiroba via unanimous decision in April.
UFC Mexico City, also known as UFC on ESPN+ 17, goes down on September 21st in the Mexico City Arena. As mentioned, no other bouts have been announced for the event but UFC president Dana White stated at a pre-UFC 239 press conference that Yair Rodriguez will likely play a prominent role on the card.