Roxanne
Modafferi is slated to meet Taila
Santos in a flyweight matchup at UFC Fight Night on May 8.
Multiple outlets confirmed the booking following an initial report
from
Combate. UFC Fight Night takes place at an as yet to be
announced location and also features a women’s bantamweight tilt
pitting Holly Holm
against Julianna
Pena.
Modafferi came up short in her first appearance of 2021, falling to
Viviane
Araujo via unanimous decision at UFC on ESPN 20 on Jan. 20.
“The Happy Warrior” is 4-6 in UFC competition with wins over the
likes of Andrea Lee,
Maycee
Barber and Antonina
Shevchenko.
Santos, meanwhile, has scored back-to-back decision triumphs
against Molly
McCann and Gillian
Robertson in her last two UFC appearances. The 27-year-old
Astra Fight Team product has been victorious in 17 of 18 pro
outings, with her lone defeat coming against Mara
Romero Borella in her Octagon debut at UFC Fight Night 144.