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Cortney Casey vs. Cristina Stanciu set for UFC Fight Night 91

A women’s strawweight bout has been added to the UFC Fight Night 91 card next month in South Dakota as Cortney Casey will meet Cristina Stanciu on the preliminary card.

UFC officials announced the fight booking on Wednesday evening.

UFC Fight Night 91 will come from the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on July 13 and the event will be headlined by a lightweight bout between Ultimate Fighter winners as Tony Ferguson meets Michael Chiesa.

Casey (4-3) has dropped both of her fights in the UFC and both of those defeats have come by decision. Her most recent defeat came in November at UFC Fight Night 79 against Seo Hee Ham. Stanciu (5-1) was signed by the UFC earlier this year and was defeated by Maryna Moroz at UFC Fight Night 86. Four of her five wins have come by stoppage, with three of those wins coming by submission.

The current UFC Fight Night 91: Ferguson vs. Chiesa fight card is below.

Tony Ferguson (20-3) vs. Michael Chiesa (14-2)
Michael McDonald (17-3) vs. John Lineker (27-7)
Tim Boetsch (18-10) vs. Josh Samman (12-3)
Alexey Oliynyk (50-9-1) vs. Daniel Omielanczuk (18-5-1, 1NC)
Louis Smolka (10-1) vs. Ben Nguyen (14-5)
Ryan Hall (5-1) vs. Alex White (11-2)
Kyle Noke (22-8-1) vs. Keita Nakamura (31-7-2, 1NC)
Devin Clark (6-0) vs. Alex Nicholson (6-2)
Rani Yahya (21-8, 1NC) vs. Matthew Lopez (8-0)
Scott Holtzman (8-1) vs. Cody Pfister (12-5-1)
Cortney Casey (4-3) vs. Cristina Stanciu (5-1)