Casey O’Neill will look to continue her rise in the flyweight division when she takes on a seasoned striker.
O’Neill (7-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) meets Antonina Shevchenko (9-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 192, which takes place Oct. 2 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams live on ESPN+.
A person with knowledge of the matchup confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie but asked to remain anonymous because the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. MMA DNA was first to report the news.
Unbeaten in her pro MMA career, 23-year-old O’Neill has kicked off her UFC tenure with a bang, picking up two straight finishes over Shana Dobson, and most recently a third-round submission of Lara Procopio at UFC on ESPN 25 in June.
Since punching her ticket to the UFC through Dana White’s Contender Series in 2018, Shevchenko has alternated wins and losses. After picking up a second-round TKO of Ariane Lipski at UFC 255, Shevchenko was submitted by Andrea Lee in her past outing at UFC 262 in May.
With the addition to the card, UFC Fight Night 192 includes:
- Thiago Santos vs. Johnny Walker
- Bethe Correia vs. Karol Rosa
- Jared Gordon vs. Joe Solecki
- Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira
- Fernando Padilla vs. Sean Soriano
- Gaetano Pirrello vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade
- Kyle Daukaus vs. Kevin Holland
- Jimmy Crute vs. Jamahal Hill
- Jamie Mullarkey vs. Devonte Smith
- Macy Chiasson vs. Aspen Ladd
- Johnny Eduardo vs. Alejandro Perez
- Alexander Hernandez vs. Leonardo Santos
- Misha Cirkunov vs. Krzysztof Jotko
- Alex Oliveira vs. Niko Price
- Casey O’Neill vs. Antonina Shevchenko
Casey O’Neill vs. Antonina Shevchenko added to UFC Fight Night 192 on Oct. 2
