MMA News: Flyweight

Lee will face Ashlee Evans-Smith at UFC on ESPN on Feb. 17, MMAFighting.com reports.

Letourneau lost to Lyoto Machida via submission (triangle choke) at 3:19 of Round 3 at Bellator 213 on Saturday in Honolulu.

Macfarlane defeated Valerie Letourneau via submission (triangle choke) at 3:19 of Round 3 at Bellator 213 on Saturday in Honolulu.

Lara lost to Juliana Velasquez via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27) at Bellator 212 on Friday in Honolulu.

Velasquez defeated Alejandra Lara via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27) at Bellator 212 on Friday in Honolulu.

Ortiz will take on Joseph Benavidez on Jan. 19 at the Barclays Center, Ryan Gerbosi of Newsday reports.

Benavidez will take on Dustin Ortiz at the Barclays Center on Jan. 19, Ryan Gerbosi of Newsday reports.

Lee's scheduled fight Saturday against Jessica-Rose Clark was called off after Clark was deemed medically unfit Friday.

Figueiredo's flyweight bout against Joseph Benavidez has been "put on hold" after the cancelation of UFC 233.

Benavidez's fight against Deiveson Figueiredo has been "put on hold" after cancellation of UFC 233, but Benavidez will serve as the backup for the flyweight title fight between TJ Dillashaw and Henry Cejudo on January 19.

Carmouche added a fight against Lucie Pudilova at UFC Prague on Feb. 23.

Nurmagomedov will match up against Ricardo Ramos at UFC Fortaleza in Brazil on Feb. 2, Guilherme Cruz of MMAFighting.com reports.

Mazo signed a deal with the UFC on Tuesday, Ariel Helwani of ESPN reports.

Jedrzejczyk told reporters after her UFC 231 loss to Valentina Shevchenko that she intends to move back down to strawweight, Steven Marrocco and John Morgan of MMAJunkie.com report.

Paiva will take on Kai Kara-France in a flyweight bout at UFC 234 on Feb. 10, Alexander K. Lee of MMAFighting.com reports.

Kara-France will take on Raulian Paiva in a flyweight bout at UFC 234 on Feb. 10, Alexander K. Lee of MMAFighting.com reports.

Shevchenko won the vacant UFC Women's Flyweight Championship on Saturday, defeating Joanna Jedrzejczyk via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46) at UFC 231 in Toronto.

Jedrzejczyk came up short in her quest to regain UFC gold on Saturday, falling to Valentina Shevchenko via unanimous decision (46-49, 46-49, 46-49) for the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship at UFC 231 in Toronto.

Eye defeated Katlyn Chookagian via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) at UFC 231 on Saturday in Toronto.

Chookagian lost to Jessica Eye via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 28-29) at UFC 231 on Saturday in Toronto.

Nguyen was released by the UFC on Friday, Aaron Bronsteter of TSN reports.

Chookagian will serve as an alternate for Saturday's UFC Women's Flyweight Title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Shaheen Al-Shatti of MMAFighting.com reports.

Cejudo will now defend his flyweight title against TJ Dillashaw at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on January 19, Ariel Helwani of ESPN reports.