Liz Carmouche vs Roxanne Modafferi added to July 20 UFC show

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It's official. I'm back in the cage in July! This is a fight long time in the making. Roxanne is someone I came up watching before I even began training. I'm stoked to put on a show for everyone with another pioneer of the sport. #fightnight #ufc #texas #mma #wmma #10p4l #10thplanetjiujitsu #nogi #jiujitsu #compete

A post shared by Liz Carmouche (@iamgirlrilla) on May 15, 2019 at 5:07pm PDT

Brett Okamoto of ESPN reported yesterday that Liz Carmouche vs Roxanne Modafferi has been added to UFC on ESPN 4 July 20 at AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX. Liz confirmed this fight with an Instagram post. This fight is at Flyweight. Liz is 35 years old. She trains at 10th Planet in San Diego with her long time trainer Manny Hernandez. Her record is 13-6 and 5-4 in the UFC. She is 2-1 since moving from Bantamweight to Flyweight. I have seen her since her Strikeforce days and she is a decent but not great fighter. And she has been slowed down by injuries. She hasn't finished a fight since 2013. I just don't see her as an elite fighter. Roxanne is 36 years old. She trains at Syndicate MMA in Las Vegas. Of course Roxanne lived in Japan for several years. She was in TUF 18 and she finally made the UFC after TUF 26. She's also not an elite fighter though she's better than she used to be thanks to John Wood of Syndicate. There was a time when Roxanne refused to punch anyone and Wood cured that silliness. She's 2-2 in the UFC. Some think her split decision win over Antonina Shevchenko was an upset. That's because Antonina was overrated by idiots because of her sister. So Roxanne is also a decent but not great fighter. So I expect this fight to be competitive possibly ending in a split decision. It's not going to make me think that either of them can beat an elite fighter.