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Undefeated Ivana Siric Petrovic confident ahead of UFC debut: ”Luana is a good test”
Ivana Siric Petrovic will make her UFC debut on Saturday. Photo via Instagram (@ivana_mma)
Norwegian MMA fighter Ivana Siric Petrovic is one of the most interesting European UFC prospects in a long time.
Undefeated, with a ARES FC flyweight title to her name, she will make her promotional debut on Saturday as she takes on Luana Carolina at UFC on ESPN 48.
In an exclusive comment to Frontkick, the 29-year-old shares her thoughts on her biggest fight to date.
”I think this is a good fight for my UFC debut, Luana is a good test for me. Really looking forward to coming to the Apex arena,” Siric Petrovic said.
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Ivana Siric Petrovic has five stoppage wins
Ivana Siric Petrovic made her professional MMA debut at Battle Arena 62 back in July 2021 and defeated Joanne Doyle via a second-round TKO.
Since then she won five more fights, four of them via stoppage, before inking a deal with the world’s leading MMA promotion.
Luana Carolina is 3-3 in the UFC and has back-to-back losses against Molly McCann and Joanne Wood.
Check out the full fight card for UFC on ESPN 48 below!
Photo: Stefan Romare
UFC on ESPN 48 fight card
Main card
- Middleweight bout: Sean Strickland vs. Abusupiyan Magomedov
- Lightweight bout: Damir Ismagulov vs. Grant Dawson
- Welterweight bout: Max Griffin vs. Michael Morales
- Women’s Flyweight bout: Ariane Lipski vs. Melissa Gatto
- Lightweight bout: Ismael Bonfim vs. Benoît Saint-Denis
- Middleweight bout: Nursulton Ruziboev vs. Brunno Ferreira
Preliminary card
- Welterweight bout: Kevin Lee vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov
- Featherweight bout: Joanderson Brito vs. Westin Wilson
- Women’s Featherweight bout: Yana Santos vs. Karol Rosa
- Lightweight bout: Guram Kutateladze vs. Elves Brenner
- Women’s Flyweight bout: Ivana Sirc Petrovic vs. Luana Carolina
- Heavyweight bout: Alexander Romanov vs. Blagoy Ivanov
* Fight order and number of bouts can change.
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