Roxanne Modafferi will look to halt another rising contender’s momentum when she meets Casey O'Neill.
Modafferi (25-19 MMA, 4-6 UFC) faces O’Neill (8-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) at UFC 271 on Feb. 12 at a location yet to be announced. A person with knowledge of the situation confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie after an initial report by Instagram page MMA Ideas.
Modafferi, 39, has dropped three of her past five and is coming off back-to-back unanimous decision losses to Viviane Araujo and Taila Santos. The former title challenger’s two wins in that stretch came in a big upset win over Maycee Barber and Andrea Lee.
Unbeaten prospect O’Neill is 3-0 to kick off her UFC tenure, picking up three finishes in 2021. The 24-year-old scored her biggest win to date in October when she finished Antonina Shevchenko via second-round TKO for the “Performance of the Night” bonus.
With the addition, the UFC 271 lineup now includes:
- Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Sergey Morozov
- AJ Dobson vs. Jacob Malkoun
- Kyler Phillips vs. Marcelo Rojo
- Alexander Hernandez vs. Renato Moicano
- Kyler Phillips vs. Marcelo Rojo
- Roxanne Modafferi vs. Casey O’Neill
