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Jessica Eye vs. Sara McMann set for UFC Fight Night 88

A women’s bantamweight bout has been booked for UFC Fight Night 88 on May 29 in Las Vegas as Jessica Eye will meet former UFC title challenger Sara McMann.

The fight booking was announced on tonight’s edition of UFC Tonight on FS1.

UFC Fight Night 88 will come from the Mandalay Bay Events Center and will be headlined by a bantamweight bout as Thomas Almeida will meet Cody Garbrandt.

Eye (11-4, 1NC) has dropped back to back fights by decision and has gone 1-3, 1NC in the UFC. Her only win in the UFC came in late 2014 as she defeated Leslie Smith by TKO at UFC 180. McMann (8-3) has dropped back to back fights after starting her career 8-1. Her most recent defeat came in August as she was submitted by Amanda Nunes.

The current UFC Fight Night 88: Almeida vs. Garbrandt fight card is below.

Main Card: (FS1)
Thomas Almeida (20-0) vs. Cody Garbrandt (8-0)
Renan Barao (33-3, 1NC) vs. Jeremy Stephens (24-12)
Tarec Saffiedine (16-4) vs. Rick Story (18-8)
Chris Camozzi (23-10) vs. Vitor Miranda (12-4)
Jorge Masvidal (29-10) vs. Lorenz Larkin (16-5)
Josh Burkman (28-12, 1NC) vs. Paul Felder (11-2)

Preliminary Card: (FS1 and UFC Fight Pass)
Jessica Eye (11-4, 1NC) vs. Sara McMann (8-3)
Abel Trujillo (13-7) vs. Diego Ferreira (12-2)
Erik Koch (14-4) vs. Joe Proctor (11-4)
Jake Collier (9-3) vs. Keith Berish (5-0)
Chris de la Rocha (4-1) vs. Adam Milstead (7-1)