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Casey O’Neill vs. Antonina Shevchenko added to UFC Fight Night 192 on Oct. 2

Casey O’Neill will look to continue her rise in the flyweight division when she takes on seasoned striker Antonina Shevchenko.

[autotag]Casey O’Neill[/autotag] will look to continue her rise in the flyweight division when she takes on a seasoned striker.

O’Neill (7-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) meets [autotag]Antonina Shevchenko[/autotag] (9-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 192, which takes place Oct. 2 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams live on ESPN+.

A person with knowledge of the matchup confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie but asked to remain anonymous because the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. MMA DNA was first to report the news.

Unbeaten in her pro MMA career, 23-year-old O’Neill has kicked off her UFC tenure with a bang, picking up two straight finishes over Shana Dobson, and most recently a third-round submission of Lara Procopio at UFC on ESPN 25 in June.

Since punching her ticket to the UFC through Dana White’s Contender Series in 2018, Shevchenko has alternated wins and losses. After picking up a second-round TKO of Ariane Lipski at UFC 255, Shevchenko was submitted by Andrea Lee in her past outing at UFC 262 in May.

With the addition to the card, UFC Fight Night 192 includes:

  • Thiago Santos vs. Johnny Walker
  • Bethe Correia vs. Karol Rosa
  • Jared Gordon vs. Joe Solecki
  • Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira
  • Fernando Padilla vs. Sean Soriano
  • Gaetano Pirrello vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade
  • Kyle Daukaus vs. Kevin Holland
  • Jimmy Crute vs. Jamahal Hill
  • Jamie Mullarkey vs. Devonte Smith
  • Macy Chiasson vs. Aspen Ladd
  • Johnny Eduardo vs. Alejandro Perez
  • Alexander Hernandez vs. Leonardo Santos
  • Misha Cirkunov vs. Krzysztof Jotko
  • Alex Oliveira vs. Niko Price
  • Casey O’Neill vs. Antonina Shevchenko

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10 female fighters you can expect to see on Dana White’s Contender Series, Season 4

The return of Dana White’s Contender Series isn’t far off, and here are 10 female fighters who are candidates to appear on the show.

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Dana White’s Contender Series has become a focal point for fighters on the regional scene. Since its inception in 2017, the UFC Fight Pass-turned-ESPN+ summer original removed some of the guesswork for up-and-comers trying to make it big.

With UFC president Dana White and matchmakers Mick Maynard and Sean Shelby cageside, the stakes are high. Have an impressive, exciting win on the show, and you’re in.

Rumored for a late-June start date, DWCS Season 4 is almost here. The lineups haven’t been announced quite yet, but advanced planning is underway. While there are hundreds of fighters qualified to compete on the show, we’ll be narrowing each divisional pool to 10 fighters you should expect to see on the show this summer.

In the final installment, we feature 10 deserving female fighters …

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Erin Blanchfield

Record: 5-1
Age: 20
Height: 5’4″
Birthplace: New York
Weight Class: Flyweight

Six fights into her professional career, [autotag]Erin Blanchfield[/autotag] has only lost once – a close split decision to current UFC fighter Tracy Cortez in February 2019. She’s competed four times under the Invicta FC banner and won three of them. She holds wins over notables Victoria Leonardo and Kay Hansen. She’s finished back-to-back fights by head kick and Americana, which shows her versatility. At 20, there’s no rush. However, Blanchfield is ready to take the next step on DWCS.

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Lupita Godinez

Record: 4-0
Age: 26
Height: 5’2″
Birthplace: Aguascalientes, Mexico
Weight Class: Strawweight

Born in Mexico, [autotag]Lupita Godinez[/autotag] has taken her talents north, across two borders, into Canada. After wins in the United States and Mexico, Godinez added “The Great White North” to her resume this past November. At BTC 8, Godinez won the promotion’s vacant bantamweight title, going all five rounds against home-country fighter Lindsay Garbatt. Although it’s fairly early on in Godinez’s career, DWCS would be a great gauge to see where she is at. If worse comes to worst, she’ll need to go back to the regional scene for more sharpening. Regardless, the learning experience of DWCS will help her as she progresses.

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