Less than four months her successful MMA debut in December, the grappling wizard will take on Anna Malyukova in a light heavyweight contest at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan. Sources close to the promotion confirmed the match-up to MMAFighting.com following a report by Combate.
Garcia scored her first MMA win against Lei’d Tapa on Dec. 31, surviving an early scare and getting the TKO finish in under three minutes. In jiu-jitsu and grappling, Garcia won six IBJJF World Championships and one ADCC gold medal. Malyukova also holds a 1-0 MMA record.
The event features Japanese veterans Kazushi Sakuraba and Hideo Tokoro teaming up for a grappling tag match against Wanderlei Silva and a fighter still to be announced.