Cortney Casey vs. Claudia Gadelha added to UFC Fight Night 100 in Brazil

A strawweight bout between Cortney Casey (6-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) and Claudia Gadelha (13-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) is the latest addition to November’s UFC Fight Night 100 lineup.

UFC officials today announced the bout.

UFC Fight Night 100 takes place Nov. 18 at takes place Nov. 19 at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The event airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass, though the bout order hasn’t been finalized.

Gadelha, No. 2 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA strawweight rankings, will return to competition for the first time since her unanimous decision loss to champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk at The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale in July. It marked her second career defeat, both of which have come to the 115-pound titleholder,

The Brazilian recently revealed she parted ways with her longtime home at Nova Uniao in her home country. For her next camp Gadelha, 27, Jackson-Wink MMA in Albuquerque, N.M., in hoping of avoiding back-to-back losses for the first time.

Casey, 29, meanwhile, will attempt to upset the former title challenger in the biggest fight of her career. After a rocky start to her UFC tenure with consecutive losses against Joanne Calderwood and Seo Hee Ham, “Cast Iron” has rebounded in a big way in 2016.

First Casey stopped Cristina Stanciu with elbows in the first round at UFC Fight Night 91 then followed that up with another victory just five weeks later, submitting Randa Markos in the opening frame of their bout at UFC 202 in August.

If Casey can make it three straight with a win over Gadelha in Brazil, it would put her near the top of the list of title contenders.

The latest UFC Fight Night 100 card now includes:

• Alexander Gustafsson vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
• Krzysztof Jotko vs. Thales Leites
• Johnny Eduardo vs. Manny Gamburyan
• Gadzhimurad Antigulov vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima
• Matheus Nicolau vs. Ulka Sasaki
• Michael Graves vs. Sergio Moraes
• Pedro Munhoz vs. Justin Scoggins
• Cortney Casey vs. Claudia Gadelha

For more on UFC Fight Night 100, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.