With Danyelle Wolf dropping out of UFC Vegas 27 (UFC Fight Night 188) due to injury, Canada’s Felicia Spencer has a new opponent.
Stepping up later this month — the card falls on May 22 — will be featherweight turned bantamweight turned featherweight Norma Dumont. Promotion officials recently announced the news.
Dumont (5-1) joined the promotion last year, coming up short against Megan Anderson. That led to a drop to bantamweight, where Dumont missed twice. First, in a win against Ashlee Evans-Smith last November, then again last month against Erin Blanchfield.
The Blanchfield bout was pulled due to the miss.
Spencer (8-2), a former Invicta FC featherweight champ, is one of the UFC’s last remaining featherweights. She last competed against champ Amanda Nunes in a failed title bid at UFC 250 last June. Overall, Spencer is 2-2 inside the octagon, with wins against Zarah Fairn and Anderson. Her other loss came to Cris Cyborg.
UFC Fight Night 188 currently consists of the following bouts:
Rob Font vs. Cody Garbrandt
Yan Xiaonan vs. Carla Esparza
Justin Tafa vs. Jared Vanderaa
Josh Culibao vs. Sha Yilan
Raulian Paiva vs. David Dvorak
Bruno Gustavo da Silva vs. Victor Rodriguez
Rodrigo Nascimento vs. Alan Baudot
Sarah Alpar vs. Stephanie Egger
Damir Hadžović vs. Yancy Medeiros
Court McGee vs. Cláudio Silva
Ricardo Ramos vs. Bill Algeo
Norma Dumont vs. Felicia Spencer
