LAS VEGAS – For Melissa Gatto, the forced time off was more of a mental battle.
Gatto (8-1-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) will return from a more than year-long layoff to face Ariane Lipski (15-8 MMA, 4-5 UFC) on Saturday at UFC on ESPN 47 from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card airs on ESPN following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.
After suffering her first-career loss to Tracy Cortez last May at UFC 274, an injury forced Gatto out of action.
