Miranda
Maverick has agreed to step in for Maycee
Barber and face Erin
Blanchfield at UFC
269.
MMAjunkie.com was first to report the new women’s flyweight
booking. UFC 269 takes place on Dec. 11 at the T-Mobile Arena in
Las Vegas and is headlined by a lightweight title tilt between
Charles
Oliveira and Dustin
Poirier.
Maverick had a five-bout winning streak snapped in her last outing,
when she fell to Barber via split decision at UFC on ESPN 27 on
July 24. Prior to that, the Invicta FC veteran began her
promotional tenure with victories over Liana Jojua
and Gillian
Robertson.
Blanchfield, meanwhile, enters the matchup with Maverick on a
four-bout winning streak — including a three-round verdict over
Sarah
Alpar in her Octagon debut at UFC Fight Night 192. The
22-year-old Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu product has been victorious in
seven of her first eight professional appearances.