A flyweight showdown between Roxanne
Modafferi and Casey O’Neill is in the works for UFC 271.
MMA
Ideas was first to report the contest. UFC 271 takes place on
Feb. 12 at an as yet to be determined location. The event does not
yet have a headliner.
A veteran of 46 professional bouts over the course of a career that
began in 2003, Modafferi has lost three of her last four Octagon
appearances. “The Happy Warrior” is coming off back-to-back
decision losses to Viviane
Araujo and Taila
Santos in 2021.
Australia’s O’Neill is emerging as a top prospect at 125 pounds
after victories in her first three outings within the Las
Vegas-based promotion. The 24-year-old Tiger Muay Thai product has
scored successive finishes of Shana
Dobson, Lara
Procopio and Antonina
Shevchenko in UFC competition thus far to run her professional
mark to 8-0.