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| Andrea Lee, Kalindra Faria |
Last week the UFC announced that Paige VanZant vs Jessica Eye was off of UFC 216 because Paige suffered a back injury. She's had trouble with her back before. They are trying to reschedule this fight possibly for the end of the year. Last night, Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting reported that another Flyweight match will replace that fight. Andrea Lee will face Kalindra Faria on UFC 216 Oct. 6 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Andrea is currently the LFA champ. She defended that title last week. A lot of fans were upset that she wasn't on TUF 26. But I understand she was having health problems at the time. She's probably one of the most popular fighters around because of her looks. Her record is 8-2. I've seen her in Invicta and LFA. She's a decent fighter but the competition level especially in LFA is low. So we'll see how she does in the UFC. That being said, I don't believe Kalindra is a UFC caliber fighter. She's 31 years old from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Her record is 18-5-1. She has spent most of her career on the Brazilian regional circuit. She seems to run into problems when she fights a higher level of competition. I saw her WSOF fight a couple of years ago against Jessica Aguilar. And Kalindra did nothing for five rounds. Jessica won by unanimous decision. She also lost to Karolina Kowalkiewicz in KSW. Her most recent fight was a win over Carina Damm for a Titan FC title a couple of weeks ago. Carina was an elite fighter...ten years ago. At this point, she's just a name that fans might know. But she hasn't been a good fighter for a while. So does that mean if Carina had won that fight she would have got to the UFC? Geez, I hope not. A win over her doesn't answer questions about Kalindra. But it's a short notice fight and you take who you can get. I expect this fight to air on the main card mostly because of Andrea.
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