The Weight Cutting Chronicles: UFC Vegas 11

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Jessica-Rose Clark Credit: Facebook

Jessica-Rose “Jessy Jess” Clark (9-6 MMA, 2-2 UFC)

Flyweight (125lbs): 2-1 (UFC), Missed weight two times

Bantamweight (135lbs): 0-1 (UFC)

Jessica Rose entered the UFC back in 2017. Clark had been fighting in the bantamweight division with various MMA promotions, but when she got the call up to the UFC it was at flyweight.

Clark missed weight before her first fight against Bec Rawlings, coming in at 128lbs, but it is worth noting that she was late replacement. After a split decision win, Rawlings fought two more times, beating Paige VanZant and losing to Jessica Eye during the first half of 2018. Then, at the end of 2018, with Clark scheduled to take on Andrea Lee, she had to be pulled from the fight, thanks to complications from a failed weight cut. The bout was canceled and Rose announced that she was moving back up to the bantamweight division where she had fought before entering the UFC.

In Jessica-Rose’s last fight against Pannie Kianzad last November, she moved up to the bantamweight division but lost a unanimous decision. Clark will again be fighting in the bantamweight division for her fight at UFC Vegas 11.