After seeing a recent matchup with Jessica-Rose Clark fall through, Lee has signed on as a short-notice replacement for Lauren Murphy to fight Ashlee Evans-Smith in a flyweight bout at the UFC’s first televised ESPN show on Feb. 17 at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix. MMA Fighting’s Marc Raimondi confirmed the news with sources following a report by FanSided.
Lee (9-2) was supposed to fight Clark at UFC on FOX 31 on Dec. 15, but Clark was removed from the bout after being hospitalized due to issues with her weight cut.