UFC Fight Night 104′s Jessica Andrade has aspirations of title glory, but won’t forget where she came from

Champ Amanda Nunes might have been the first Brazilian woman signed by the UFC. But it was Jessica Andrade who became Brazil’s first female representative to actually set foot in the octagon. Andrade, then 21, wasn’t even two years into her professional MMA career when she was scheduled to face inaugural women’s 135-pound title challenger Liz Carmouche.

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UFC Fight Night 104′s Jessica Andrade has aspirations of title glory, but won’t forget where she came from – MMA Junkie