A women’s flyweight tilt is set for UFC’s return to Madison Square Garden.
Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a matchup between Viviane Araujo and Karine Silva takes place at UFC 309 on Nov. 16 in New York. MMA Junkie first reported the booking.
Araujo looks to get back to form and bounce back from a decision loss to Natalia Silva at UFC Vegas 85 in February. “Vivi” has dropped three of her past four fights, but did earn a decision win against past title challenger Jennifer Maia at UFC Vegas 81 this past October. The No. 13 ranked flyweight in MMA Fighting’s Global Rankings makes her 12th walk to the octagon.
Silva enters her biggest fight to date riding an impressive nine-fight win streak, including a 4-0 start to her UFC run. In her most recent outing, “Killer” earned a unanimous decision win over Ariane Lipski at April’s UFC Vegas 91 event.
Damon Martin contributed to this report.
