Croden fight shifted to December, adding a third Canadian to UFC Fight Night show

By Canadian Press on October 30, 2025.

Calgary bantamweight Melissa (Scare) Croden is getting more time to prepare for her second UFC outing, with her short-notice Nov. 8 date with Brazil’s Luana Santos pushed back to Dec. 13.

Croden will be one of three Canadians on the Fight Night card at the UFC’s Apex production facility in Las Vegas.

Flyweight Jamey-Lyn Horth faces Czechia’s Tereza Bleda while strawweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson takes on fifth-ranked Amanda (Amandinha) Lemos, who is stepping in for injured fellow Brazilian Iasmin Lucindo.

The main event features American Brandon (Raw Dawg) Royval, ranked third among flyweight contenders, against No. 7 Manel Kape of Portugal.

Croden (7-2-0) was initially added to Saturday’s card in Las Vegas as a late injury replacement for Darya Zheleznyakova.

The 34-year-old paramedic won her UFC debut Oct. 18 in Vancouver, stopping Brazil’s Tainara (Thai Panther) Lisboa in the third round. All seven of Croden’s wins have been by stoppage.

Santos (9-2-0) is ranked 15th among 135-pound contenders. The 25-year-old Brazilian, who is 4-1-0 in the UFC, is also coming off a win over Lisboa, by second-round submission in May.

Robertson (16-8-0) is ranked 10th among 115-pound contenders, having won four straight and six of her last seven.

The 30-year-old is 5-1-0 since dropping to strawweight from flyweight (125 pounds) in early 2023. She is 13-6-0 since making her UFC debut in December 2017.

Robertson was seven when her family left Niagara Falls, Ont., for Florida so her mother could take a nursing job. Robertson is now based out of Port St. Lucie.

Lemos (15-5-1) is coming off a December loss to No. 2 Tatiana Suarez of the U.S. and is 2-2-0 since losing a decision to strawweight champion Zhang Weili of China at UFC 292 in August 2023.

Horth (8-2-0) won a decision over American Vanessa (Lil Monster) Demopoulos last time out in June to improve to 3-2-0 in the UFC. The 35-year-old Horth fights out of Squamish. B.C.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 30, 2025

Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press