A potential UFC women’s flyweight title eliminator is set for five rounds this summer.
At a UFC Fight Night event July 13 in Denver, top contenders [autotag]Maycee Barber[/autotag] and [autotag]Rose Namajunas[/autotag] will collide at Ball Arena, promotion CEO Dana White announced Tuesday. Ariel Helwani was first to reported the news on X.
Barber (14-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) is on the most successful stretch of her UFC career as she enters the bout on a six-fight winning streak. Her two most recent wins have come over perennial contenders Amanda Ribas (by TKO) and Katlyn Cerminara (by unanimous decision).
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Namajunas (12-6 MMA, 10-5 UFC) is 1-1 since she shifted to flyweight from strawweight in 2023. After a unanimous decision loss to Manon Fiorot in her divisional debut, Namajunas defeated Amanda Ribas by unanimous decision in March.
While unofficially a title eliminator, the winner of the bout could get a crack at the winner of champion Alexa Grasso vs. Valentina Shevchenko, a bout expected to take place in the fall following the conclusion of the airing of “The Ultimate Fighter 32.”
With the addition, the July 13 lineup includes:
- Maycee Barber vs. Rose Namajunas
- Mike Malott vs. Gilbert Urbina
- Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Muslim Salikhov
- Gabriel Bonfim vs. Ange Loosa
- Mariya Agapova vs. Luana Santos
- Viviane Araujo vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius
- Cody Brundage vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan
- Julian Erosa vs. Christian Rodriguez
- Josh Fremd vs. Andre Petroski