RIO DE JANEIRO — Ketlen Vieira returns from a long layoff to take on Irene Aldana in the preliminary portion of UFC 245 in Las Vegas, Nev., on Dec. 14, and expects to be next for a UFC belt even if she refuses to think too much about it.
Vieira met with Brazilian reporters during a UFC media day in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday to discuss her upcoming bantamweight clash with Aldana, and said that she would be willing to move up to 145 pounds to challenge Nunes in 2020.
Nunes, who holds both 135- and 145-pound titles in the UFC, said recently that she was hoping to defend the featherweight throne against Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245, but her opponent was adamant to challenge for the bantamweight belt instead.