Vancouver’s Loopy Godinez to face former UFC champion Jessica Andrade in Chicago

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Canadian strawweight Loopy Godinez will face former champion Jessica (Bate Estaca) Andrade at UFC 319 in Chicago on Aug. 16.

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This article was published 12/06/2025 (288 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

Canadian strawweight Loopy Godinez will face former champion Jessica (Bate Estaca) Andrade at UFC 319 in Chicago on Aug. 16.

Godinez (13-5-0) is ranked 11th among strawweight (115-pound) contenders while Andrade is ranked fifth among strawweights and ninth among flyweights (125 pounds).

Godinez, 31, ended a two-fight losing skid with a win over Brazil’s Julia (Psycho) Polastri in March. The Mexican-born, Vancouver-based fighter is 8-5-0 in the UFC.

Mexico's Loopy Godinez gestures after a women's strawweight bout against Brazil's Tabatha Ricci at the UFC 295 mixed martial arts event Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in New York. Godinez won the fight. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Mexico's Loopy Godinez gestures after a women's strawweight bout against Brazil's Tabatha Ricci at the UFC 295 mixed martial arts event Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in New York. Godinez won the fight. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Andrade (26-14-0) won the strawweight title at UFC 237 in May 2019 when she knocked out American Rose (Thug) Namajunas. But she lost to China’s Zhang Weili in her first title defence.

The Brazilian was stopped by flyweight champion Valentina (Bullet) Shevchenko at UFC 261 in April 2021. 

Andrade has lost her last two outings and five of her last seven. She was submitted by Canadian Jasmine Jasudavicius last time out, at UFC 315 in May in Montreal. 

Andrade is 17-12-0 in the UFC.

The main event at Chicago’s United Centre sees South African Dricus du Plessis defend his middleweight title against No. 3 Khamzat Chimaev of the United Arab Emirates.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 12, 2025.

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