Karol Rosa to Collide With Pannie Kianzad at UFC Card on Aug. 10

With the Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight title picture in flux, the victor of this affair might be a couple wins away from a crack at gold.

Ranked 135ers Karol Rosa (17-6) and Pannie Kianzad (16-8) will toe the line at a currently unnamed UFC Fight Night card on Aug. 10 . The two will square off inside of the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, with the first report on Wednesday from Brazilian outlet Ag Fight . Kianzad subsequently posted about the pairing on social media on Thursday to confirm its veracity.

Having alternated wins and losses in her last six, Brazil’s Rosa is coming off of a titanic tussle with Irene Aldana at UFC 296 in December. The two slugged it out for 15 violent, bloody minutes, and although Aldana picked up the nod on the scorecards, both ladies scored $50,000 bonus checks for their handiwork. As the Parana Vale Tudo fighter remained a contender in her division, she has bested the likes of Yana Santos , Lina Lansberg and Bethe Correia , all via decision. Rosa has gone the distance in nine straight fights, encompassing her entire UFC run.

While Rosa lost in her last time out, Kianzad has dropped two in a row dating back to July 2023. Ketlen Vieira took a decision over her at UFC Fight Night 224, and then lost via submission in a rematch with Macy Chiasson at UFC Fight Night 239. Of note, both encounters came at events headlined by Marcin Tybura , who is rematching Sergey Spivak in what could become the main attraction on this card. Before the two losses, Kianzad had rattled off five wins in six outings, beating Lansberg and Correia as well while falling short to future champ Raquel Pennington .

The UFC Fight Night event on Aug. 10 currently has no headliner announced, although it will take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Matchups likely to receive main card status include the aforementioned Tybura-Spivak 2 heavyweight bout, a recently rebooked featherweight affair between Damon Jackson and Jose Mariscal and a scrap at 135 pounds between Javid Basharat and Chris Gutierrez .