SANTIAGO, CHILE - MAY 17: UFC women's flyweight contender Andrea Lee of the United States poses for photographers during Ultimate Media Day on May 17, 2018 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

Andrea Lee has mixed feelings about fighting Jessica-Rose Clark at UFC Milwaukee.

Andrea Lee’s upcoming fight with Jessica-Rose Clark has a rare dynamic to it. We often see mixed martial artists compete against their friends and teammates but Lee and Clark are not friends — they are two women who have been victims of alleged domestic violence.

Lee’s name has appeared in headlines over the past few months for two incidents regarding her husband Aaron. First for his Nazi tattoo and then later for his alleged domestic violence against her. The women’s flyweight fighter has asked for privacy during these difficult times and is zeroed in on her upcoming fight at UFC Milwaukee.

Clark reached out to Lee after hearing about her situation and offered sanctuary for Lee and her daughter.

“We’ve always just interacted online,” Clark told MMA Fighting in September. “But I messaged her on Twitter straight away and said, ‘Hey man, I’ve got a spare room. I’ll pay for you and your daughter to come out to [Las] Vegas if you just need to get away.’ And I sent her my number.”

“She read [the message], but she never responded,” Clark continued. “That was cool. I honestly didn’t expect a response. I’ve been in similar situations. It was just strange how I tried to offer her a bit of sanctuary and then two weeks later we’re booked to fight and she’s the reason I’m making my next paycheck.”

Two weeks later, the UFC had announced a fight between the two women. Lee opened up about how Clark’s generosity has changed her feelings towards their upcoming fight.

“I received the message way later because I stayed off the Internet. I wasn’t checking any messages,” Lee told the Pull No Punches podcast on Thursday. “I got a message from my friend that lives with Clark and told me she offered that.”

“I told her to tell Clark ‘thank you, but I can’t leave the state. I have a lot of court stuff coming up and I can’t take [my daughter] Aynslee away.’ I’m trying to keep her as sheltered from everything as I possibly can,” Lee expressed. “She has school and stuff.”

Lee admits “it was strange,” to be matched up with Clark. “I have always been a supporter of Jessy Jess but when I got this fight I was like ‘crap.’ It was so weird that the UFC would offer her to me. It’s all business.”

UFC Milwaukee takes place on Dec. 15 at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WN. The card is headlined by a rematch between Kevin Lee and Al Iaquinta. Dynamic strikers Edson Barboza and Dan Hooker meet in the co-main event and Rob Font welcomes Sergio Pettis back to the bantamweight division.