Ronda Rousey vs. Cat Zingano booked for UFC 182

The co-main event of UFC 182 on January 3rd in Las Vegas will be a title fight as Ronda Rousey will defend the UFC women’s bantamweight title against number one contender Cat Zingano.

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The fight booking was announced on Wednesday night on UFC Tonight.

UFC 182 will come from the MGM Grand Garden Arena on January 3rd and will be headlined by Jon Jones defending the UFC light heavyweight title against Daniel Cormier.

Rousey (10-0) is coming off a knockout win at UFC 175 against Alexis Davis and her last two wins have come by TKO. She has been recovering from a hand injury and this will be her fifth UFC title defense.

Zingano (9-0) returned from injury last month and she defeated Amanda Nunes by TKO in the third round at UFC 178. Both of her wins have come by TKO in the third round and eight of her nine wins have come by stoppage.

The current UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier fight card is below.

Jon Jones (20-1) vs. Daniel Cormier (15-0)
Ronda Rousey (10-0) vs. Cat Zingano (9-0)
Hector Lombard (34-4-1, 1NC) vs. Josh Burkman (27-10)
Jared Cannonier (7-0) vs. Shawn Jordan (16-6)
Louis Gaudinot (6-3, 1NC) vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (14-1)