UFC star Karolina Kowalkiewicz must overcome a 16-year age gap on Saturday to beat 22-year-old Iasmin Lucindo.
Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Iasmin Lucindo will set a record for the largest age gap between two women in a UFC bout when they meet in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday.
There will be 16 years between Poland's Kowalkiewicz, 38, and Brazil's Lucindo, 22, when the strawweights fight at the Jeunesse Arena at UFC 301. The figure eclipses the previous record set by Maycee Barber and Roxanne Modafferi's 2020 bout by 214 days.“She’s a great fighter. Very young, very talented, very aggressive.Kowalkiewicz fought for the title in 2016, losing to compatriot Joanna Jedrzejczyk, and also holds a victory over former two-time champion Rose Namajunas.
Lucindo, meanwhile, will be competing in her fourth UFC bout and was just 13 years old when Kowalkiewicz made her debut in the promotion in 2015. The record age gap between two men in the promotion is a remarkable 23 years between Royce Gracie and Ron van Clief, when the pair fought at UFC 4 in 1994.The slow-burn hit that became the nation's favourite'Canelo will be truly appreciated when he retires'
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