Back to the MMA Newsfeed

Nina Nunes debuts at flyweight, meets Cynthia Calvillo at UFC Fight Night in July

Nina Nunes is switching things up for her next fight.

Brett Okamoto of ESPN reported on Thursday that Nunes will move up from strawweight to flyweight and meet Cynthia Calvillo at an upcoming UFC Fight Night scheduled for July 9 at a soon-to-be determined location and venue.

Nunes has suffered defeat in her past two fights. The 36-year-old dropped a unanimous decision to Tatiana Suarez at UFC 238 and was submitted by Mackenzie Dern at UFC Vegas 23. In between those fights, Nunes got pregnant and welcomed a daughter with wife Amanda Nunes.