The UFC’s new women’s flyweight division will get rolling in earnest later this year after Season 26 of “The Ultimate Fighter.” But ahead of that, a pair of big names reportedly will move up and down in weight to fight in the weight class at UFC 216. Strawweight Paige VanZant (7-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC), according to a report from FloCombat.com , will move up to 125 pounds to take on Jessica Eye (11-6 MMA, 1-5 UFC), who finally will move down from bantamweight after talking about the change for months. UFC officials have not yet announced the fight, which the report says has verbal agreements from the fighters in place. UFC 216 takes place Oct. 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas
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Report: Paige VanZant heading to flyweight for fight vs. Jessica Eye at UFC 216 – MMA Junkie