UFC San Antonio gets six fights, Irene Aldana makes quick turnaround, Alexey Oleynik vs Walt Harris rebooked
The UFC returns to Texas for UFC San Antonio this upcoming Summer.
Having already had a big flyweight showdown announced earlier this week with Liz Carmouche vs Roxanne Modafferi, Thursday brought us a whopping six more fight additions.
Farah Hannoun dropped the news (via San Antonio Express-News). Most notable of the six fights added to the July 20 date was a top 10 bantamweight clash that will see Mexico’s Irene Aldana (10-4) make a relatively quick turn around to take on the No. 3 ranked contender and former title challenger, Raquel Pennington (9-7).
Aldana just this past Saturday night in Brazil at UFC 237 defeated Bethe Correia via third-round submission (armbar). For Pennington, she’ll be looking to snap a two-fight losing streak. Her last fight was against former UFC featherweight champion, Germaine de Randamie at UFC Denver in November 2018.
Also among the fight announcements was a rebooking of a heavyweight clash between the ultra-experienced Alexey Oleynik (57-12-1) and Walt Harris (12-7). Russia’s “Boa Constrictor” last took on Alistair Overeem in the UFC Saint Petersburg main event where he suffered a first-round TKO loss. Thus snapping a two-fight losing streak.
Harris, on the other hand, just destroyed UFC newcomer, Sergey Spivak at UFC Ottawa with a 50 second TKO.
Fan favorite “Smilin'” Sam Alvey (33-12) is also back in action for the first time since his trip to Australia in February. He hopes to end his two-fight skid by treating Klidson Abreu (14-3) to a rude sophomore UFC appearance.
Two more bantamweight bouts were also added to the card accompanied by a featherweight scrap featuring Alex “Bruce LeeRoy” Caceres (14-12) vs Steven Peterson (17-8).
The current UFC San Antonio line-up can be seen below.
- Flyweight – 125lbs: Liz Carmouche vs Roxanne Modafferi
- Bantamweight – 135lbs: Raquel Pennington vs Irene Aldana
- Heavyweight – 207-265lbs: Alexey Oleynik vs Walt Harris
- Light Heavyweight – 205lbs: Sam Alvey vs Klidson Abreu
- Featherweight – 145lbs: Alex Caceres vs Steven Peterson
- Bantamweight: Mario Bautista vs Jin Soo Son
- Bantamweight: Domingo Pilarte vs Felipe Colares
on 5/16/2019
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