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Will fight Polastri
Luciano will fight Julia Polastri at UFC Vegas 89 on March 23, Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl reports.
ANALYSIS
Luciano was scheduled to fight Shauna Bannon, but she backed out for undisclosed reasons. Luciano is 5-1 in her professional career and is set to make her UFC debut after earning a contract through Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series.
Luciano was scheduled to fight Shauna Bannon, but she backed out for undisclosed reasons. Luciano is 5-1 in her professional career and is set to make her UFC debut after earning a contract through Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series.
Books match with Shauna Bannon
Luciano (5-1-1) is scheduled to face Shauna Bannon (5-1-0) in a strawweight fight at the UFC's March 23 event in Las Vegas, Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl reports.
ANALYSIS
Luciano will be making her UFC debut in March after securing a contract in September through Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series. The Brazilian-born fighter earned the contract in spite of taking a draw with Talita Alencar in her latest bout.
Luciano will be making her UFC debut in March after securing a contract in September through Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series. The Brazilian-born fighter earned the contract in spite of taking a draw with Talita Alencar in her latest bout.
Comes on strong to secure contract
Luciano fought Talita Alencar to a draw (28-28, 28-28, 28-28) at Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series. After the show, she was one of four fighters to be awarded an official UFC contract.
ANALYSIS
It's not often a fighter gets a contract without a definitive result, but Luciano came on so strong after weathering the ground attacks of her opponent that UFC President Dana White felt he had no choice but to give her a shot. While she appeared close to finishing that fight multiple times in the last frame, the reality is that she was taken down and put in bad positions for the majority of the first 10 minutes. This raises some questions as to how she will perform when she doesn't have a significant height advantage, or a completely exhausted opponent in front of her. Luciano clearly has some Muay Thai skills, but that may not be enough if she can't improve her takedown defense and ground game.
It's not often a fighter gets a contract without a definitive result, but Luciano came on so strong after weathering the ground attacks of her opponent that UFC President Dana White felt he had no choice but to give her a shot. While she appeared close to finishing that fight multiple times in the last frame, the reality is that she was taken down and put in bad positions for the majority of the first 10 minutes. This raises some questions as to how she will perform when she doesn't have a significant height advantage, or a completely exhausted opponent in front of her. Luciano clearly has some Muay Thai skills, but that may not be enough if she can't improve her takedown defense and ground game.