SAO PAULO, Brazil — Livia Souza is one of the latest former Invicta FC champions to make the move to the UFC, but it took a while before she was able to enter the eight-sided cage.
“Livinha” signed with the UFC in October 2017, but a serious hand fracture forced her to withdraw from a planned debut against Jessica Aguilar in February. Souza was anxious to step inside the Octagon for the first time, but ultimately the cards didn’t fall in her favor.
Now fully healed and booked to compete against Alex Chambers at UFC Sao Paulo at Saturday night’s event in Brazil, Souza finally feels ready to face the biggest challenges in the strawweight division.