UFC on ESPN+ 35 has a new headliner.
Hours after losing the original main event of light heavyweight contenders Glover Teixeira and Thiago Santos, due to a positive COVID-19 test from Teixeira, the co-main event between Michelle Waterson and Angela Hill has been promoted to main event.
The news was first reported by Cole Shelton of BJPENN.com and corroborated by Ariel Helwani of ESPN.
Waterson and Hill was scheduled for three rounds, but will now be five rounds on the top billing of the card. The strawweight contenders were first linked to each other back in August when they were supposed to fight at UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs.