For her next fight, Molly McCann will cross the pond and land in The Big Apple.
McCann has been booked against surging prospect Erin Blanchfield in a women’s flyweight bout set for UFC 281 on Nov. 12 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Blanchfield announced the booking Thursday on her Instagram account. The UFC has not yet made a formal announcement of the matchup, but MMA Junkie confirmed with an additional person who asked to remain anonymous.
McCann (13-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC), 32, is on a hot streak of three consecutive wins, which includes back-to-back spinning elbow finishes of Luana Carolina and most recently Hannah Goldy last month at UFC Fight Night 208. The British fighter’s popularity has soared in 2022, with both of her knockouts coming in front of raucous crowds at The O2 in London. The trip to New York will mark her fifth appearance in the U.S. where she’s 3-1, with her lone defeat a unanimous decision to Lara Procópio at UFC Fight Night 184 in Las Vegas.
