10 Unmissable UFC Fights To Watch In October
4. Maycee Barber Vs. Gillian Robertson
What are the chances of the UFC looking at our recent top prospects article and deciding to pit two of the most talented young flyweights, Maycee Barber and Gillian Robertson, against each other? They're probably slim, but at least we were on the same wavelength as the promotion.
Strongly considered as future title contenders for Valentina Shevchenko's 125lb title, Robertson and Barber have shown tremendous improvements since joining the promotion. Barber impressed fight fans on Dana White's Contender Series and hasn't disappointed since then, finishing Hannah Cifers and J.J. Aldrich in brutal fashion and remaining undefeated in her career.
Robertson's run has suffered a couple more bumps, but she's still looked outstanding in her last few fights. Despite only being a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, the 24-year old beat the brakes off of black belt world champion, Sara Frotas, in her last fight. She showed fantastic awareness to avoid all of her opponent's submission attempts, the maturity to wait for her moment to strike and the ferocity to land crushing elbows from top position.
Although it feels destined that these two will fight again in the future - possibly for a title - missing out on this scrap now would be a massive mistake.