Cat Zingano

By FCF Staff

Strikeforce has added undefeated bantamweight Cat Zingano to its roster and has announced she will fight Amanda Nunes on September 29^th. The bout will be part of the promotion’s “Melendez vs. Healy” event which will take place in Sacramento, California.

Zingano (6-0) hasn’t fought since last May, when she knocked out Takayo Hashi with a third round slam while fighting for Fight to Win. Prior to that the 30 year-old scored a stoppage win over Carina Damm at a Crowbar MMA event in December, 2010.

Zingano stated via her official Twitter account:

@cokersf @amanda_leoa Thank you Scott for the opportunity and thank you Amanda, I look forward to the competition!

Nunes (7-2) is coming off a choke out victory over Raquel Pa’aluhi at Invicta 2 in July, after being stopped by Alexis Davis at a Strikeforce card last September.

The upcoming event will feature a lightweight bout between champion Gilbert Melendez and challenger Pat Healy in the main event.

The card will be hosted by Sacramento’s Power Balance Pavilion and will be broadcast on Showtime.