Miranda Maverick slid into Jamey-Lyn Horth’s DMs.
No, not like that.
Sitting on a three-fight win streak, Maverick returns to the Octagon on December 14 as a part of the UFC’s remaining occasion of 2024 in Tampa, Florida. Initially, she was set to sq. off with Tracy Cortez, however after Cortez bowed out of the bout as a consequence of harm, Horth agreed to step in.
Throughout a current interview with Fanatics View, Horth revealed that whereas she was digging by her mound of message requests on-line, she got here throughout one which was from Maverick.
“She reached out to me through my DMs in the folder you don’t usually see,” Horth mentioned. “I’m going by there typically and discover good, unusual, or humorous messages. I used to be shocked to see her message. She was very well mannered and thanked me for taking the combat, saying I appeared like a cool individual. I replied, ‘Yeah, let’s go, let’s placed on a present.’
“I was glad she didn’t trash talk since I’m not much of a trash talker, though I’m always up for exchanging some words. I’m excited to face her and meet the person behind the message.”
Jamey-Lyn Horth faces Miranda Maverick 6 weeks faraway from her newest Octagon Look
After profitable 5 straight on the regional scene, Horth stored her unbeaten streak alive in her UFC debut final yr, scoring a unanimous resolution victory over Hailey Cowan. Eight months later, she suffered her first skilled loss, arising on the flawed aspect of a break up resolution towards Veronica Hardy.
She’s since bounced again with a split-decision win towards Ivana Petrović in November. Little greater than a month later, she’ll attempt to bag the largest win of her profession towards a 20-fight veteran who has already shared the Octagon with a slew of noteworthy names like Gillian Robertson, Maycee Barber, Erin Blanchfield, and Jasmine Jasudavicius.
