Women’s boxing champion Claressa Shields had a successful MMA debut earlier this year, and now she has her next opponent lined up this fall.
PFL confirmed to MMA Junkie (following a report from The Washington Post) that Shields will take on Abigail Montes on the promotion’s championship night on October 27th in Florida.
Shields (11-0, 2 KOs in boxing) is the undisputed junior middleweight and middleweight champion, having unified the 154 lbs division in March with a one-sided decision over Marie-Eve Dicaire. The two-time Olympic gold medalist has been just as dominant in the pros as she was in the amateurs, and there was much intrigue when she announced she was going to make her MMA debut this year.