MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin and Guilherme Cruz confirmed with sources that Andrade (20-6) and Weili Zhang (19-1) have verbally agreed to face one another in a strawweight championship bout at an upcoming UFC Fight Night event on Aug. 31 at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China.
Andrade became the UFC strawweight champion with a knockout slam of Rose Namajunas at UFC 237 in May. Since dropping down to 115 pounds, the 27-year-old Brazilian is 7-1 and she has won her last four fights.
A return to fight preparation will likely be a welcome distraction for Andrade, who was recently involved in a scary incident in her native Brazil that saw Andrade and her wife Fernanda robbed at gunpoint.