MACY CHIASSON VS. LINA LÄNSBERG
With Tatiana Suarez having fully graduated to title contender status, Chiasson inherits the mantle as the most intriguing emerging talent on the female side of the roster and now the recent TUF winner gets her toughest test to date in a road game against Länsberg in Denmark.
Länsberg has alternated wins and losses throughout her six-fight run in the UFC, but she’s only lost to tough competition, including former champ Cris Cyborg, former title challenger Yana Kunitskaya, and prospect Aspen Ladd, whom she pushed hard early. Last time out, “The Elbow Queen” earned the biggest win of her career, collecting a unanimous decision win over former Invicta FC champ Tonya Evinger, and now she looks for her first two-fight winning streak in the UFC just across the Øresund Bridge from where she trains in Malmo, Sweden.
It’s difficult not to sound too high on Chiasson because she’s still relatively young in her career and a lot can change with each step up in competition, but thus far, the Fortis MMA representative is a perfect 6-0 in her career and each of her three Octagon appearances to date has been more impressive than the last.
She won the featherweight competition on Season 28 of The Ultimate Fighter by choking out veteran Pannie Kianzad, then smoked Gina Mazany in under two minutes in her return to the bantamweight ranks. Last time out, she absolutely mauled Sarah Moras, and now she gets her toughest test to date in a bout that could carry her to even greater opportunities in 2020 if she’s successful.
