UFC officials announced Thursday that Demetrious Johnson will defend his flyweight title against Ray Borg at UFC 215 in Edmonton on September 9th. In addition, the co-main event will pit women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes against Valentina Shevchenko in a rematch.
Johnson (26-2-1) will look break Anderson Silva’s record for most consecutive title defenses in this championship showdown. The 30-year-old is on a 12-fight win streak and hasn’t lost since a 2011 unanimous decision setback to Dominick Cruz at UFC on Versus 6.
Borg (11-2) heads into this title fight having won five of his last six fights, including back-to-back decision wins over Louis Smolka and Jussier Formiga. The Jackson/Winklejohn product has struggled on the scale, however, as two of his last four fights were at a catchweight due to him missing the flyweight (126-pound) limit.
Nunes (14-4) was originally slated to defend her bantamweight title against Shevchenko at UFC 213 earlier this month, but an illness hours before the card cancelled the fight. The American Top Team standout captured the title defeating Miesha Tate last year at UFC 200 and followed that up with a TKO victory over Ronda Rousey at UFC 207 in December.
Shevchenko (14-2) has won back-to-back fights since losing to Nunes last year at UFC 196, including a submission victory over Julianna Peña at UFC on FOX 23 in January. The 29-year-old has gone 3-1 in the UFC.
Here’s an updated look at the card…
Demetrious Johnson (c) vs. Ray Borg – flyweight title
Amanda Nunes (c) vs. Valentina Shevchenko – women’s bantamweight title
Francis Ngannou vs. Junior Dos Santos
Ilir Latifi vs. Tyson Pedro
Henry Cejudo vs. Wilson Reis
Rick Glenn vs. Gavin Tucker
Ashlee Evans-Smith vs. Sarah Moras
Arjan Bhullar vs. Luis Henrique
Gilbert Melendez vs. Jeremy Stephens
Germaine de Randamie drops to bantamweight, faces Marion Reneau at UFC Fight Night 115 UFC officials announced Thursday that former women’s featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie is dropping down to bantamweight to take on Marion Reneau at UFC Fight Night 115 on September 2nd. The event takes place in the former champ’s home nation of the Netherlands.
De Randamie (8-3) will be competing for the first time since the UFC stripped her of her featherweight title after she refused to fight Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino. The 33-year-old is currently riding a three-fight win streak.
Meanwhile, Reneau (7-3-1) is coming off a majority draw against Bethe Correia at UFC Fight Night 106 in March. The California native has gone 3-2-1 in her UFC career, which started in 2015.
Here’s an updated look at the card…
Stefan Struve vs. Alexander Volkov
Germaine de Randamie vs. Marion Reneau
Desmond Green vs. Rustam Khabilov
Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Saparbek Safarov
Abu Azaitar vs. Siyar Bahadurzada
Francimar Barroso vs. Aleksandar Rakic
Abdul-Kerim Edilov vs. Bojan Mihajlovic
Islam Makhachev vs. Michel Prazeres
Bryan Barberena vs. Leon Edwards
