Ariane Lipski Returns at PFL San Diego Against Jena Bishop

By KOReporter

|May 12, 2026

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Ariane Lipski da Silva is getting right back to work.

After a successful PFL debut earlier this year, the former UFC and KSW flyweight is officially set for her second fight with the promotion, taking on California’s own Jena Bishop at PFL San Diego on June 27.

The event goes down at Pechanga Arena and features a solid lineup, with AJ McKee Jr. headlining against undefeated featherweight prospect Salamat Isbulaev, while Liz Carmouche and Viviane Araujo meet in the co-main event.

For Lipski, this next chapter is moving fast.

The 18-11 veteran picked up a decision win over Sumiko Inaba back in March, marking a successful fresh start after her UFC run came to an end.

Her time in the UFC was a mixed bag.

Lipski went 6-8 inside the Octagon, but there were definitely flashes of what made her such a dangerous name, including bonus-winning finishes over Casey O’Neill and Luana Carolina.

At one point, though, she seriously considered walking away from the sport altogether.

“I considered retiring because I had big plans, I really believed I could achieve my goals in the UFC,” da Silva said earlier this year.

“For six years that I was in the UFC, I gave everything I had to make that happen. It didn’t, and I was like, ‘Okay, so what am I going to do? Am I going to stop now, have a child?’”

That kind of crossroads is something a lot of fighters hit after a major release.

But Lipski ultimately decided she wasn’t finished.

“For a moment I thought about stopping, but I realized I still have more to show,” she said. “I still have more to show inside the cage, and I believe my career wasn’t meant to end like that.”

Now she gets a serious test in Bishop.

Bishop enters with a 10-3 record and is coming off a submission win over Borena Tsertsvadze in April. She bounced back nicely after falling short against Liz Carmouche in the 2025 PFL season final.

And stylistically, she’s dangerous.

Bishop is a decorated grappler, a jiu-jitsu black belt under JW Wright, and owns six submission wins in her professional MMA career. Before landing in PFL, she built undefeated runs in both Bellator and LFA, putting together a 6-0 stretch before tougher competition caught up.

This feels like a very real measuring-stick fight for both women.

Lipski is trying to prove the UFC chapter wasn’t the end of her best years.

Bishop is looking to climb back into title contention.