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Katlyn Chookagian vs. Jessica Eye added to UFC 231 in Toronto
On the same night the vacant UFC women’s flyweight title will be up for grabs, two of the top contenders in the weight class will also share the octagon.
A key matchup between Katlyn Chookagian (11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) and Jessica Eye (13-6 MMA, 3-5 UFC) will take place at December’s UFC 231 event, promotion official today announced.
UFC 231 takes place Dec. 8 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass, though broadcast plans and the bout order haven’t been finalized.
Chookagian, 29, will bring a perfect record at 125 pounds into the event. She went unbeaten at the weight class prior to joining the UFC, but was forced to move up to bantamweight upon signing with the organization because it didn’t carry her natural weight class at the time. “Blonde Fighter” moved down in January, though, and has picked up a pair of wins over Alexis Davis and Mara Romero Borella.
Eye, 32, has also found the majority of her career success at flyweight. She had mixed results when fighting up a weight in the UFC – at one point losing four-straight – but is also 2-0 since the UFC implemented the division with victories over Jessica-Rose Clark and Kalindra Faria.
The matchup between Chookagian and Eye will likely serve as the back-up fight should anything happen to Valentina Shevchenko or Joanna Jedrzejczyk ahead of their scheduled title bout at UFC 231.
The UFC 231 lineup now includes:
- Champ Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega – for featherweight title
- Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Valentina Shevchenko – for vacant women’s flyweight title
- Jimi Manuwa vs. Thiago “Marreta” Santos
- Nina Ansaroff vs. Claudia Gadelha
- Eryk Anders vs. Elias Theodorou
- Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Gilbert Burns
- Brad Katona vs. Matthew Lopez
- Chad Laprise vs. Dhiego Lima
- Diego Ferreira vs. John Makdessi
- Kyle Bochniak vs. Hakeem Dawodu
- Devin Clark vs. Aleksandar Rakic
- Katlyn Chookagian vs. Jessica Eye
For more on the UFC 231, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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