A women’s strawweight fight between Michelle Waterson and Tecia Torres has been announced for UFC 218 in Detroit on December 2nd.
The 31-year-old Waterson missed out on a title shot last time out in the Octagon when she succumbed to a rear-naked choke in the second round against Rose Namajunas at UFC On FOX 24.
That ended ‘The Karate Hottie’s’ two-fight winning streak since joining the UFC from Invicta FC in 2015, pushing her back to No.6 in the divisional rankings.
That’s one place below the 28-year-old Torres, who is coming off victories over Bec Rawling and Julianna Lima in 2017 so far.
In total, Torres has put together a 5-1 run in the UFC to date, with the only loss of her 10 fight career having coming against the current title challenger Namajunas in April of last year.
Waterson Vs Torres joins a UFC 218 fight card has a number of quality fights on deck, including a main event featuring featherweight champion Max Holloway going up against Frankie Edgar, while Alistair Overeem faces Francis Ngannou, Eddie Alvarez fights Justin Gaethje, Henry Cejudo locks horns with Sergio Pettis and Al Iaquinta goes to battle with Paul Felder.
