LFA Champ Andrea Lee Signs With UFC, Debuts At UFC 216

The UFC women’s flyweight division has added an upcoming star in LFA champion Andrea Lee.
This week, it was announced by Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting that “KGB” is heading to the UFC. Lee will be making her promotional debut in just over a week when she takes on Kalinda Faria at UFC 216 on Oct. 7.
UFC 216 recently lost a bout in the women’s flyweight division when Paige VanZant was injured and her bout with Jessica Eye was scrapped.
Lee, who holds a professional record of 8-2, fought as recently as last Friday when she defended her LFA title against Jamie Thornton. Lee won that bout by submission.
Faria, meanwhile, has plenty of professional experience with a record of 18-5-1. Faria is the reigning Titan FC bantamweight champion, and will be dropping in weight for her UFC debut.
UFC 216 is set to be headlined by a championship double-header.
Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee will be battling it out for the interim lightweight championship, while Demetrious Johnson defends his flyweight crown against Ray Borg.
There is no word on where Lee vs. Faria will fall in the bout lineup.
The current UFC 216 fight card can be seen below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_1i-Q8Rys4

Tony Ferguson vs. Kevin Lee – for interim lightweight title
Champ Demetrious Johnson vs. Ray Borg – for flyweight title
Derrick Lewis vs. Fabricio Werdum
Beneil Dariush vs. Evan Dunham
Tom Duquesnoy vs. Cody Stamann
Will Brooks vs. Nik Lentz
Bobby Green vs. Lando Vannata
Poliana Botelho vs. Pearl Gonzalez
Mark Godbeer vs. Walt Harris
Magomed Bibulatov vs. John Moraga
Thales Leites vs. Brad Tavares
Marco Beltran vs. Matt Schnell
Kalindra Faria vs. Andrea Lee

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LFA Champ Andrea Lee Signs With UFC, Faces Kalindra Faria At UFC 216