{"id":295611,"date":"2018-12-20T21:48:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T05:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=295611"},"modified":"2018-12-20T21:50:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T05:50:13","slug":"andrea-lee-steps-in-to-face-ashlee-evans-smith-at-ufc-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/andrea-lee-steps-in-to-face-ashlee-evans-smith-at-ufc-phoenix\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea Lee steps in to face Ashlee Evans-Smith at UFC Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC&#8217;s women&#8217;s flyweight division is finally able to get moving forward again as <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joanna-jedrzejczyk\/ufc-231-results-valentina-shevchenko-defeats-joanna-jedrzejczyk-highlights\/\">a new champion has been crowned<\/a>. So that means the rest of the division must vie for their positions.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for the top 15 contenders in Andrea Lee (9-2) and Ashlee Evans-Smith (6-3), they just recently lost out on their fights due to opponents dropping out.<\/p>\n<p>For Lee, she was supposed to be fighting this past Saturday night at UFC on Fox 31 against Jessica-Rose Clark. However, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jessica-rose-clark\/video-jessica-rose-clark-addresses-ufc-milwaukee-fight-cancellation\/\">Clark would end up passing out during her weight cut<\/a> which led to the fight being canceled.<\/p>\n<p>Evans-Smith on the other hand just had her opponent for UFC Phoenix announce that they&#8217;re pulling out as Lauren Murphy isn&#8217;t quite fully recovered from a recent surgery.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, it all works out though as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mymmanews.com\/andrea-lee-vs-ashlee-evans-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MyMMANews<\/a>\u00a0reported earlier that the two will now meet at UFC Phoenix on February 17 as Lee fills in for Murphy to take on Evans-Smith. Lee has since\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BroxmVRB4N_\/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&amp;igshid=1e0egi2o7tn6l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed the news o<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BroxmVRB4N_\/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&amp;igshid=1e0egi2o7tn6l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">n Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This event will go down as the very first that will take place on the ESPN channel. The card has yet to have its headliner announced, but this is how it currently stacks up.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Strawweight \u2013 115lbs: Cortney Casey vs. Cynthia Calvillo<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bantamweight \u2013 135lbs: Jimmie Rivera vs. Aljamain Sterling<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Featherweight \u2013 145lbs: Alex Caceres vs. Kron Gracie<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lightweight \u2013 155lbs: James Vick vs. Paul Felder<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Featherweight \u2013 145lbs: Andre Fili vs. Myles Jury<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Welterweight \u2013 170lbs: Vicente Luque vs. Bryan Barberena<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bantamweight: Renan Bar\u00e3o vs. Luke Sanders<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lightweight: Scott Holtzman vs. Nik Lentz<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bantamweight: Benito Lopez vs. Manny Bermudez<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Strawweight: Aleksandra Albu vs. Emily Whitmire<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Strawweight: Jessica Penne vs. Jodie Esquibel<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Flyweight \u2013 125lbs: Ashlee Evans-Smith vs Andrea Lee<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What do you think will end up main eventing UFC Phoenix?<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 12\/21\/2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC&#8217;s women&#8217;s flyweight division is finally able to get moving forward again as a new champion has been crowned. 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