Former women’s strawweight champion Jessica Andrade faces Marina Rodriguez in all-Brazilian matchup at UFC 300. The historic MMA event airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, April 13.
After suffering three defeats in a row, Jessica Andrade (25-12) returned to winning ways last November in New York, where she stopped Mackenzie Dern in the second round. The 32-year-old of Umuarama, Parana is currently No. 4-ranked contender at 115 lbs.
No. 6 Marina Rodriguez (17-3-2) is coming off the win by TKO in the second round against Michelle Waterson-Gomez last September in Las Vegas. With the victory, the 36-year-old of Bage, Rio Grande do Sul rebounded from two defeats.
The promotion made the fight announcement today via a post on X, making it a total of 11 bouts set for the card to date. The main event and co-main event bouts are yet to be announced.
With the addition of Andrade vs Rodriguez, the current UFC 300 lineup looks as the following:
- Weili Zhang vs. Yan Xiaonan, women’s strawweight – Zhang’s UFC women’s strawweight title
- Justin Gaethje vs. Max Holloway, lightweight – Gaethje’s BMF title
- Charles Oliveira vs. Arman Tsarukyan, lightweight – UFC lightweight title eliminator
- Jiri Prochazka vs. Aleksandar Rakic, light heavyweight
- Calvin Kattar vs. Aljamain Sterling, featherweight
- Bo Nickal vs. Cody Brundage, middleweight
- Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Cody Garbrandt, bantamweight
- Holly Holm vs. Kayla Harrison, women’s bantamweight
- Sodiq Yusuff vs. Diego Lopes, featherweight
- Jessica Andrade vs. Marina Rodriguez, women’s strawweight
- Bobby Green vs. Jim Miller, lightweight