MMA Fighting Newswire

Jessica Andrade’s first bout in the UFC flyweight division will be against No. 1 ranked Katlyn Chookagian at the upcoming Fight Night card on Oct. 17, sources told MMA Fighting following a report from MMAjunkie. The UFC Fight Night show will be headlined by featherweights Brian Ortega and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung. Andrade (20-8) decided to try things out at flyweight after losing a decision to Rose Namajunas in July. The former UFC strawweight champion does not rule out moving back to 115 pounds right after. “Bate Estaca” holds wins over some of UFC’s best at both strawweight and bantamweight, including Namajunas, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Claudia Gadelha, Angela Hill, Joanne Calderwood and Raquel Pennington. Chookagian (14-3) came