Milenio in Mexico reported yesterday that Irene Aldana vs Lucie Pudilova has been added to UFC 228 Sept. 8 at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas. The UFC confirmed the booking. This fight will be at Bantamweight. I expect this to air on the UFC Fight Pass prelims. Irene is 30 years old from Mexico. She trains with Alexa Grasso at the Lobo Gym in Guadalajara. Her record is 8-4 and 1-2 in the UFC. Irene was supposed to fight Bethe Correia a couple of weeks ago but Bethe was pulled as "unfit to fight". Irene is a striker with no ground skills. I haven't liked her going back to her Invicta days. She can't beat anyone good. She lost her first two UFC fights to Leslie Smith and Katlyn Chookagian. Neither are elite fighters. She beat Talita Bernardo in her last fight. So I guess the UFC found someone so bad that even Irene could beat her. The UFC has to have fighters from Mexico on the roster for when they go there. But otherwise Irene shouldn't be in the UFC. Lucie is 24 years old from the Czech Republic. Her record is 8-2 and 2-1 in the UFC. She came to the UFC as a late replacement last year. In her latest win over Sarah Moras, Lucie was the beneficiary of a terrible standup call by the ref. She was losing at the time. Lucie is very similar to Irene. Both are strikers with no ground skills. So I'm expecting three rounds of light sparring. Neither is very good so I don't know who will win.
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