UFC strawweight Tecia Torres’ (10-2) charge towards a title shot was halted in February when she came up against Jessica Andrade at UFC on FOX 28. After an entertaining brawl, it was Andrade who had her hand raised, securing her number two spot in the strawweight rankings and putting her within striking distance of champion Rose Namajunas.
Though Torres would have much preferred a shorter path to ‘Thug’ Rose, she got a pretty decent consolation prize from the Andrade fight; a match with former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC on FOX: Alvarez vs.