A strawweight bout with significant title implications between Rose Namajunas and Karolina Kowalkiewicz has been assembled for the upcoming UFC 201 pay-per-view (PPV) mixed martial arts (MMA) event on July 30, 2016, inside Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
UFC brought word of the pending showdown on Tuesday.
Namajunas (5-2) -- still only 23 -- shook off a UFC debut loss at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 20 Finale to string together three consecutive wins, two of them by way of submission. Handing Tecia Torres her first defeat at UFC on FOX 19 landed "Thug" at No. 3 in the division rankings.