After losing a year to a knee injury, Casey O'Neill makes her UFC return this weekend and the Gold Coast fighter might just be Australia's best shot at producing a female world champion.
Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleAfter a year on the sidelines Casey O'Neill is back and ready to resume her charge to become Australia's next UFC champion.Australian flyweight Casey O'Neill makes her UFC return this weekend after a year on the sidelines with a knee injuryThe 25-year old will face former title challenger Jennifer Maia in London
O'Neill might have lost a little bit of shine during her year away but a dominant performance over Maia should put her firmly back in the mix.The 25-year-old was counted as one of the rising stars of women's MMA on the back of her explosive start to life in the UFC and with women's flyweight host to a bevy of new stars like Talia Santos and Erin Branchfield, O'Neill said she's ready to remind everybody what they've been missing.
Grasso, a 6-1 underdog, submitted Shevchenko in the fourth to throw the door open for the new generation of fighters, a group O'Neill plans to be a part of.
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