Adam Hill of the Las Vegas Journal Review reported yesterday that The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale will be on July 6 at the Palms in Las Vegas. He reported that two women's Flyweight bouts have been added to the show. One will have Roxanne Modafferi vs Barb Honchak and the other will have Rachel Ostovich-Berdon vs Montana De La Rosa. All four fighters were in TUF 26. Of course Roxanne has been a fighter since 2003 and she lived in Japan for several years. Her record is 21-14. At one point she had a five fight losing streak mainly because she wouldn't punch anyone. One of those losses was to Barb Honchak. Roxanne turned things around when she moved back to the US to work with John Wood at Syndicate in Las Vegas. And she's been better since training there. She was supposed to fight Barb on the TUF 26 Finale. But when Sijara Eubanks missed weight, Roxanne got the title fight but she lost to Nicco Montana. Of course Barb was the former Invicta champ. And then she seemed to retire from MMA and was stripped of the title. She decided to return for TUF 26 despite being too old. She was the favorite going in but my concern was what's she going to be like after almost three years off. She lost to Nicco in the semi final and then she lost to Lauren Murphy by split decision on the TUF 26 Finale. She's probably not as good as she was a few years ago. This fight could give us a real handle on how good she is right now. You know what I always say about Father Time going undefeated. As I have said before, most of the TUF 26 fighters weren't very good. Rachel Ostovich-Berdon was very popular in Invicta because of her looks and her Wonder Woman gear. But she was 2-2 in Invicta. I think she's a mediocre fighter. I was surprised when she made TUF 26. But she wasn't the worst fighter on the show. And on the TUF 26 Finale, she beat Armenian Karine Gevorgyan who was really bad. So here is Rachel in the UFC. We'll see how good she is. Montana is probably at the same level as Rachel. At Strawweight, she lost to Mackenzie Dern and Cynthia Calvillo. So she moved back to Flyweight for TUF 26. She fought at Flyweight early in her career. Montana beat Christina Marks on the TUF 26 Finale. As with Rachel, it wasn't a case of who was better but who was worse. So I think both Rachel and Montana are question marks. But I don't know if fighting each other will answer any questions about them. We may have to wait until the winner fights at a higher competition level. This could be three rounds of nothing.
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