One of South Korea's top prospects is bound for the Octagon.
“The news is released, it is true I will fight in Singapore June 17th against Ji Yeon Kim. I am working hard and will be ready,” Pudilova wrote.
The news is released, it is true I will fight in Singapore June 17th against Ji Yeon Kim. I am working hard and will be ready
— Lucie Pudilová (@lucie_pudilova) May 29, 2017
UFC Fight Night 111 takes place on June 17 from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. The bill is headlined a by a five-round bout between former UFC women's bantamweight champ Holly Holm and former title challenger Bethe Correia. The main card airs live on Fox Sports 1.
The 27-year-old Kim last fought in at Top Fighting Championship 13 in her native South Korea in November, choking out little-known Chinese fighter Tao Li, bringing her pro MMA mark to 6-0-2. The So-Missions Jiu-Jitsu product has taken all six of those wins consecutively; Kim's early career began with a baptism by fire, taking on established veterans Shizuka Sugiyama and Takayo Hashi in her first two widely-documented pro MMA bouts, fighting both to draws.
Pudilova, 22, lost her UFC debut on the Jimi Manuwa-Corey Anderson undercard in March, dropping her second unanimous decision to Lina Lansberg, who had previously bested her in November 2005. However, the Czech fighter engaged in a wild and bloody brawl with her Swedish foe that instantly earned her recognition and adulation for her aggression and toughness.