Jessica Andrade made the decision to return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s strawweight division, not out of preference but out of necessity.
The Parana Vale Tudo star will compete at 115 pounds for the first time in nearly two years when she battles the surging Amanda Lemos in the UFC Fight Night 205 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Flyweight opportunities evidently dried up after she put away Cynthia Calvillo with first-round punches at UFC 266 in September, leaving Andrade little choice but to look for work elsewhere.