Two of the best — and most well-known — women’s flyweight fighters in the world are set to collide this summer.
Roxanne Modafferi and Barb Honchak will meet at the TUF 27 Finale on July 6 in Las Vegas, MMA Fighting confirmed Thursday. The Las Vegas Review-Journal was the first to report the news.
Modafferi and Honchak were supposed to face each other at the TUF 26 Finale in December, following both of them being contestants on The Ultimate Fighter 26. But Modafferi ended up fighting Nicco Montaño for the inaugural UFC women’s flyweight title when Montaño’s original opponent, Sijara Eubanks, ended up in the hospital due to a weight cut gone wrong.