A women’s bantamweight fight between former divisional champion Holly Holm and former title challenger Bethe Correia is being targeted for the main event of UFC Fight Night 111.

MMAFighting.com first reported the news.

Holm (10-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) went 3-0 in her first three UFC bouts, picking up wins over Raquel Pennington, Marion Reneau, and of course Ronda Rousey. Since that victory over Rousey, where she won the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship, Holm has lost three straight. The first was a fifth round submission loss to Miesha Tate, where she lost her championship, she then lost to Valentina Shevchenko before most recently losing to Germaine de Randamie in a Featherweight Title Fight.

Correia (10-2-1 MMA, 4-2-1 UFC) started her UFC tenure perfectly, earning three straight victories, and being awarded a title shot. She faced then champion Ronda Rousey in her home country of Brazil, but was stopped in just :34 seconds. Following the loss, “Pitbull” faced Raquel Pennington, but lost the fight via split decision. She got back into the win column with a split decision victory over Jessica Eye before fighting to a draw in her most recent outing against Marion Reneau.

UFC Fight Night 111 takes place live from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore, on June 17, 2017.

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