A bantamweight brawl between Sara McMann (pictured) and Amanda Nunes has been added to the UFC Fight Night: Nashville lineup.
The UFC announced the matchup Monday evening via Twitter.
The August 8 event takes place inside Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
McMann is looking to bounce back from January’s majority decision defeat Miesha Tate. After starting out her professional career a perfect 7-0, McMann has dropped two of her last three scraps.
Nunes, meanwhile, is victorious in three of her past four fights. “Lioness” was most recently seend TKO’ing Shayna Baszler in March.
Fox Sports 1 will broadcast the main card live.
Here is the show’s updated roster:
Matt Van Buren vs. Jonathan Wilson
Sara McMann vs. Amanda Nunes
Michael Johnson vs. Beneil Dariush
Ovince Saint Preux vs. Glover Teixeira
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