ONE Championship veteran Istela Nunes will finally make her first walk to the UFC cage on Oct. 16 against fellow Brazilian strawweight Ariane Carnelossi.
Multiple people with knowledge of the booking confirmed to MMA Fighting that both fighters have agreed to the fight, but contracts have yet to be signed. Ag. Fight first reported the news.
Nunes (7-1, 1 no contest) signed with the UFC in 2019 after going 2-1 under the ONE banner in Asia between 2016 and 2018, but was suspended two years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) after falling a drug test for steroid metabolites and pulled from a fight with Angela Hill in Mexico.