Now THAT is a super-fight.
Earlier this month, the UFC put on one of the greatest women’s MMA fights of all time when Zhang Weili challenged Valentina Shevchenko for the flyweight championship. They didn’t stop there.
During halftime of the Chiefs-Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game on CBS, UFC president Dana White announced the main card for UFC 324 on Jan. 24 — the first major event to be streamed on Paramount+.
There, White confirmed that the women’s GOAT, Amanda Nunes, would be returning to the Octagon after two years to challenge reigning bantamweight champ Kayla Harrison in the co-main event.
The bout will mark the first UFC title defense for Harrison (19-1, 6 KO, 8 SUB), who captured the 135-pound belt in June with a second-round submission of Julianna Pena.
Nunes (23-5, 13 KO, 4 SUB) racked up ten title defenses across two divisions during her illustrious ten-year UFC career, the only woman to become a two-division champ in the promotion.
The reigning champ Harrison opens as a -162 favorite on DraftKings Sportsbook, while “The Lioness” sits as a +136 underdog.
