It appears that the UFC’s newest division is getting a top prospect.
According to a report by FloCombat, Paige VanZant will move up to flyweight and take on Jessica Eye later this year at UFC 216. The event takes place October 7 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
VanZant (7-3) has won four of six in the UFC, but is coming off a loss this past December to Michelle Waterson. She did win her first three fights inside the Octagon.
Eye (11-6), meanwhile, is just 1-5 over her six fight UFC career. Eye is on a four-fight losing skid that includes defeats to former champion Miesha Tate, Julianna Pena and former title contenders Sara McMann and Bethe Correia.
The flyweight division will crown a champion through a tournament played out on The Ultimate Fighter 26 this year.
