Cortney Casey to fight Priscila Cachoeira on Oct. 31

Cortney Casey to fight Priscila Cachoeira on Oct. 31

Cortney Casey and Priscila Cachoeira will meet in a flyweight matchup on Oct. 31. The news was first reported by Combate.

Casey (9-8) will be fighting for the third time this year. In May she picked up a submission win over Mara Romero Borella. A month later in June Casey was on the losing end of submission defeat to Gillian Robertson.

Cortney Casey
<em><strong>Cortney throws a kick in recent fight Photo credit to UFCcom<strong><em>

Cachoeira (9-3) got off to a rough start within the UFC after losing her first three bouts to Valentina Shevchenko, Molly McCann and Luana Carolina. Following the 0-3 start, Cachoeira rebounded by getting a huge 40-second knockout win over Shana Dobson. Following the win, she signed a new UFC contract.

A location has not been announced for the Oct. 31 Fight Night. A middleweight fight between Uriah Hall and Anderson Silva will headline the event.

The current lineup for the upcoming Oct. 31 card is listed below:

Anderson Silva vs. Uriah Hall

Dustin Jacoby vs. Justin Ledet

Amir Albazi vs. Raulian Paiva

Maurice Greene vs. Greg Hardy

Cortney Casey vs. Priscila Cachoeira

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