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Jedrzejczyk-Penne New Berlin Main Event

UFC No.2 light heavyweight Alexander Gustafsson has been forced to withdraw from the upcoming UFC FIGHT NIGHT BERLIN main event bout against Glover Teixeira due to injury.

UFC women's strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk (9-0-0), from Olsztyn, Poland, will step into the main event at o2 World in Berlin to defend her belt against no.3 ranked Jessica Penne (12-3-0) from from Newport Beach, California. This historic match up will be the first title fight to take place in Europe, outside of the UK, and the first ever women's title fight in Europe.