ABU DHABI – As an up-and-comer in Invicta FC’s atomweight division, Loma Lookboonmee naturally had her eyes on the champion. The 105-pound titleholder at the time happened to be Jinh Yu Frey, whom Lookboonmee (4-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) now finds herself facing in the UFC, but at a higher weight class. The two will square off in a strawweight clash Saturday at UFC on ESPN 16, which takes place at Flash Forum on Yas Island. The main card airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN+. So while Frey (9-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) was on Lookboonmee’s radar, she wasn’t projecting that she’d face her in the UFC. “When I first signed with Invicta, I fought at 105 pounds, so naturally I looked at who the champ was at that weight,” Lookboonmee told MMA Junkie
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