It's a good time to be a combative woman.
A week before two females will headline a history-making boxing card at Madison Square Garden in New York City, the UFC had several of its own in marquee positions on an 11-bout Fight Night show in Las Vegas.
Tenth-ranked strawweight contender Amanda Lemos and recent bantamweight title challenger Jessica Andrade went head-to-head in an ESPN+ main event at 115 pounds, two fights after flyweights Maycee Barber and Montana De La Rosa had a scheduled three-rounder in which Barber tried to build on her No. 14 ranking.
Blow-by-blow man Brendan Fitzgerald shared the broadcast table with ex-fighters Daniel Cormier and Paul Felder, while teammate Heidi Androl worked the rest of the room for breaking news and feature pieces.