Two women's matches added to Aug. 4 UFC show

Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times was in the UFC office yesterday and he got the scoop on the entire card of UFC 227 Aug. 4 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. There will be two women's fights on this show. One of them has been confirmed and both are prelim fights so I might as well look at them. In a Strawweight bout, Danielle Taylor will face Weili Zhang. Weili confirmed this fight on her Instagram. and in a Strawweight bout, Polyana Viana will face J.J. Aldrich. Danielle is 28 years old from Palmdale, CA. Her record is 9-3 and 2-2 in the UFC. When she came to the UFC from King Of The Cage, she was known as a hard puncher. The problem is she is the shortest fighter in the division. So she has used a keep away strategy that is designed to get a close decision. This didn't work in her last fight against J.J. Aldrich. And she wouldn't change her strategy even when she was losing after two rounds. I don't know what she will do. Danielle has not shown any aggression in her UFC fights. Weili is new to the UFC but fans of Asian MMA should be familiar with her. She is 28 years old from Hebei, China. Her record is 16-1. She is considered to be the best female fighter in China. She was supposed to appear on last week's RIZIN show. Now we know why she pulled out. Most of her fights have been for Kunlun in China. This will be her first fight outside Asia. Obviously the UFC is a higher competition level. But Danielle has performed like a low level regional fighter. Weili has beaten Emi Fujino who I think is better than Danielle. It's unusual for a newcomer to be the favorite but I would favor Weili unless Danielle is suddenly aggressive and is effective. Polyana is 27 years old from Brazil. Her record is 10-1. She won her UFC debut over Maia Stevenson by first round rear naked choke. She's a submission ace. At 5'7", she is tall for a Strawweight. J.J. is probably better than Maia but not that much better. She is 25 years old. She trains in Colorado with Trevor Wittman and Rose Namajunas. Her record is 6-2. We first saw her in Invicta and she came to the UFC as a late replacement in 2016. She has won her last two fights. But Polyana seems to be a big step up in competition. What could help J.J. is that Wittman is a very good strategist. And she's smart enough to do what he tells her. But that might not help with Polyana.