UFC fighters Mayra Bueno Silva and Jasmine Jasudavicius will make historical past this Saturday when the UFC returns to Saudi Arabia for a loaded Combat Night time card.
Emanating from the ANB Enviornment in Riyadh, the occasion will see Israel Adesanya compete in his first non-title UFC bout in six years when he squares off with rising middleweight contender Nassourdine Imavov in the primary occasion. We’ll additionally get the return of former Bellator standout Michael ‘Venom’ Web page who is ready to sq. off with undefeated Russian knockout artist Shara Magomedov within the co-main.
However lengthy earlier than these two fights go down, historical past shall be made when Bueno Silva and Jasudavicius take the stage, changing into the primary two feminine UFC fighters to compete in Saudi Arabia.
Forward of their flyweight conflict within the Center East, Bueno Silva supplied followers a have a look at the struggle equipment each she and Jasudavicius shall be sporting on Instagram.
Jasmine Jasudavicius exited to symbolize the UFC and girls’s MMA in Saudi Arabia
Jasudavicius, who hails from Canada, shared her pleasure over the chance to make historical past and symbolize the game out of the country.
“Once I heard about that, I was so inspired,” Jasudavicius advised MSN. “To be able to be the first to be able to represent women’s martial arts in another country like that, it’s such an honor. I don’t take it lightly. I really, really am appreciative. I want to make sure I put on a really good and represent women’s martial arts to the Saudi Arabian people.”
She rides into Riyadh on a three-fight win streak, together with victories over Priscila Cachoeira, Fatima Kline, and Ariane Lipski da Silva. General, she is 6-2 beneath the UFC banner, 12-3 total.
“I’m really looking forward to seeing what the culture’s like and experiencing it right then and there,” she added. “I feel like it’s going to be super-cool.”
Her opponent, Bueno Silva, shall be trying to climb again into the win column after arising brief in her first UFC title struggle towards Raquel Pennington final January. She adopted that up with a second-round TKO loss attributable to a health care provider’s stoppage towards Macy Chiasson at UFC 303 after struggling one of many worst cuts in promotional historical past.
