Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos The lineup is set for next month’s UFC Fight Night 80 event, which marks the first headliner for Paige VanZant and a quick turnaround for former title challenger Rose Namajunas . The strawweight fight between the highly touted VanZant (6-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) and fan favorite Namajunas (3-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC), who recently replaced injured 115-pounder Joanne Calderwood (10-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC), streams on UFC Fight Pass from The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. VanZant, who looks for her fourth consecutive UFC win, is ranked No. 15 in the NOS Energy Drink MMA women’s strawweight rankings . Namajunas is unranked, but she recently returned from a 10-month layoff for a quick submission victory over Angela Hill in October. (VanZant discusses the main-event opportunity above.) Although initially expected to be the co-headliner , a fight between lightweights Sage Northcutt (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Cody Pfister (12-4-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) instead has third billing on the card
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‘UFC Fight Night 80: VanZant vs. Namajunas’ lineup finalized with 12 bouts – MMA Junkie