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 last occasion of 2024 in Tampa, Florida. Initially, she was set to sq. off with Tracy Cortez, however after Cortez bowed out of the bout attributable to damage, Horth agreed to step in.
Throughout a latest interview with Fanatics View, Horth revealed that whereas she was digging by means of her mound of message requests on-line, she got here throughout one which was from Maverick.
“She reached out to me by means of my DMs within the folder you don’t often see,” Horth stated. “I’m going by means of there generally and discover good, unusual, or humorous messages. I used to be stunned to see her message. She was very well mannered and thanked me for taking the battle, saying I appeared like a cool individual. I replied, ‘Yeah, let’s go, let’s placed on a present.’
“I used to be glad she didn’t trash discuss since I’m not a lot of a trash talker, although I’m at all times up for exchanging some phrases. I’m excited to face her and meet the individual behind the message.”
Jamey-Lyn Horth faces Miranda Maverick 6 weeks faraway from her newest Octagon Look
After successful 5 straight on the regional scene, Horth stored her unbeaten streak alive in her UFC debut final yr, scoring a unanimous determination victory over Hailey Cowan. Eight months later, she suffered her first skilled loss, developing on the flawed aspect of a break up determination 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.
