Former World Series of Fighting strawweight champion Jessica Aguilar will return from a near two-year layoff to take on Cortney Casey on May 13 at UFC 211. The UFC announced the match-up Tuesday.
Aguilar (19-5), a veteran long considered to be one of the best strawweights in the world, returns to action for the first time since suffering a unanimous decision loss against Claudia Gadelha in her UFC debut in Aug. 2015. Aguilar was previously set to fight Juliana Lima at UFC 197, however a torn ACL sustained in March 2016 kept Aguilar sidelined for the year.