Two women's fights added to Apr. 11 UFC show

April 11th let’s go!!! 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽 @mhpstrongusa @ourlifecbd1 @coverthreeCTE @builttosave pic.twitter.com/iq3iZ3tFlZ

— Carla Esparza (@CarlaEsparza1) February 9, 2020

Last night the UFC announced several fights for UFC on ESPN+ 30 Apr. 11 at the Moda Center in Portland, OR. There are two women's bouts. At Strawweight, Carla Esparza will face Michelle Waterson. And at Bantamweight, Julia Avila will face Karol Rosa. Carla is a former UFC Strawweight Champion. She is 32 years old and she trains at Team Oyama in Redondo Beach, CA. Her record is 15-6 and 6-4 in the UFC. Obviously she is looking to get back in the title picture. She is on a two fight winning streak. Michelle is 34 years old and she trains at Jackson Wink in New Mexico. She is a former Invicta Atomweight Champion. The problem is she is too small to fight at Strawweight. That was very apparent in her recent loss to Joanna Jedrzejczyk. But she is very popular mostly because of sex appeal and that's why she's on the co-main event of this show. I just don't see how a win over Michelle gets Carla any closer to the title. Julia is 31 years old from Oklahoma City. Her record is 7-1. She won her UFC debut in July over Pannie Kianzad. I liked her in Invicta. Her only loss was when she suffered a broken finger during a fight. Karol is 25 years old from Brazil. She trains at PRVT so she is a teammate of Jessica Andrade. Her record is 12-3 and she won her UFC debut over Lara Procopio by split decision. She's a pretty good striker but Julia is a more complete fighter. These two were supposed to fight in October but Karol pulled out due to an injury.