A women’s bantamweight affair between Brazilian Bethe Correia and Marion Reneau has been added to UFC Fight Night 106.
Correia announced the bout over Twitter.
UFC Fortaleza aí vou eu 👊🏻👵🏼 @BelizeanBruiser em meu nordeste que amo!
— Bethe (@bethecorreia) January 13, 2017
Correia (10-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) started her UFC career in the best way possible, going 3-0 in her first three bouts. In her debut, the Brazilian faced Julie Kedzie, and walked away with a split decision before taking another decision, this time against Jessamyn Duke at UFC 172. In her third UFC bout, “Pitbull” stopped Shayna Baszler in the second round of their bout at UFC 177. She then faced Ronda Rousey in a grudge match, but was stopped in 34-seconds by the then champion. Things went from bad to worse for Correia as she also lost he next bout, dropping a decision to Raquel Pennington. In her most recent outing, Correia got back on track by scoring a decision win over Jessica Eye.
Reneau (7-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) started her UFC career with two straight wins, outpointing Alexis Dufresene at UFC 182 before submitting Jessica Andrade at UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir. In her third UFC bout, Reneau lost a decision to Holly Holm before losing her second consecutive bout, also a decision, this time to Ashlee Evans-Smith. In her most recent outing, “The Belizean Bruiser” stopped Milana Dudieva in the third round of their bout at UFC Belfast.
UFC Fight Night 106 takes place live from Centro de Formação Olímpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza, Brazil on March 11th, 2017. The card is set to be headlined by a middleweight fight between Kelvin Gastelum and Vitor Belfort.
