Ultimate Fighter 18 winner Julianna Pena will return to action following a knee injury at April’s UFC Fight Night 63 as she will meet Milana Dudieva in a bantamweight bout.
The fight booking was initially reported by ESPN and has since been confirmed by the UFC.
UFC Fight Night 63 will come from the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia on April 4 and will be headlined by Chad Mendes meeting Ricardo Lamas in a featherweight bout.
Pena (5-2) defeated Jessica Rakoczy to win The Ultimate Fighter 18 in late 2013 and suffered a knee injury while training after that fight. This will be her first fight since winning the reality show and all of her professional wins have come by stoppage.
Dudieva (11-3) won her UFC debut last year when she defeated Elizabeth Phillips by split decision at UFC Fight Night 48. It was her third straight win and six of her nine victories have come by submission.
The current UFC Fight Night 63: Mendes vs. Lamas fight card is below.
Chad Mendes (16-2) vs. Ricardo Lamas (15-3)
Benson Henderson (21-5) vs. Jorge Masvidal (28-8)
Dustin Poirier (16-4) vs. Carlos Diego Ferreira (11-1)
Michael Chiesa (11-2) vs. Mitch Clarke (11-2)
Shamil Abdurahimov (15-2) vs. Timothy Johnson (8-1)
Liz Carmouche (9-5) vs. Lauren Murphy (8-1)
Luke Barnatt (8-2) vs. Clint Hester (11-4)
Julianna Pena (5-2) vs. Milana Dudieva (11-3)