This Friday, Paige VanZant will compete in her second bare-knuckle boxing bout against Rachael Ostovich in the main event of BKFC 19, and the two familiar faces looked into one another’s eyes once again today. Rachael Ostovich will look to get her MMA …
This Friday, Paige VanZant will compete in her second bare-knuckle boxing bout against Rachael Ostovich in the main event of BKFC 19, and the two familiar faces looked into one another’s eyes once again today. Rachael Ostovich will look to get her MMA loss to Paige VanZant back this Friday, albeit in a different combat […]
Paige VanZant and RachaelOstovich are set to meet again, this time in the world of bare-knuckle boxing. First reported by MMA Junkie, VanZant and Ostovich have agreed to compete on the July 23 Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) card. This will b…
Paige VanZant and RachaelOstovich are set to meet again, this time in the world of bare-knuckle boxing. First reported by MMA Junkie, VanZant and Ostovich have agreed to compete on the July 23 Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) card. This will be Ostovich’s bare-knuckle boxing debut. VanZant had an unsuccessful outing in her own debut, […]
Former UFC flyweight grappler, Rachael Ostovich has signed a deal to join up with the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) following her December release from the UFC, amid a three-fight losing skid. Posting on their official Instagram account tonight, BKFC confirmed the signature of Ostovich, as she plans to compete at the flyweight limit. The David Feldman-led […]
Former UFC flyweight grappler, Rachael Ostovich has signed a deal to join up with the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) following her December release from the UFC, amid a three-fight losing skid.
Posting on their official Instagram account tonight, BKFC confirmed the signature of Ostovich, as she plans to compete at the flyweight limit. The David Feldman-led promotion also recently penned former UFC feature and one-time vacant Invicta FC flyweight title challenger, Peal Gonzalez to a deal.
“SIGNED!! Welcome to BKFC @rachaelostovich,” the statement posted by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship read, accompanied by a promotional image of Ostovich.
A contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 26 back in October of 2017, Ostovich exited at the quarter final stage against Barb Honchak, suffering a unanimous decision loss following a preliminary round win over Melinda Fabian via a first-round rear-naked choke.
Competing under the Invicta FC banner from 2014 to 2017, Ostovich went 2-2 under the Shannon Knapp-led promotion’s scrutiny, dropping a pair of losses to both UFC flyweight contender, Andrea Lee, as well as Christine Ferea. In her two wins, the Hawaiian managed triumphs over both Evva Johnson and Ariel Black via split decision in both.
Offered a return at The Ultimate Fighter 26 finale, Ostovich battled with Karine Gevorgyan, scoring her sole win under the UFC’s banner via an opening round armbar in a 130-pound catchweight bout after the latter tipped the flyweight scales.
Suffering a pair of submissions and a knockout loss in her most recent three professional outings, the 30-year-old was stopped by both Montana De La Rosa and Paige VanZant via a rear-naked choke and armbar, respectively.
The matchup against Mazany marked Ostovich’s return from an eight-month USADA suspension in relation to a January 3rd. last failed drug test in which she provided a test sample that tested positive for the banned substances, Ostarine and GW515. The two substances which were flagged were found in one of Ostovich’s supplements, however, they were not listed on the ingredients label.
Ostovich is set to compete at the flyweight limit under the BKFC banner, joining both the above-mentioned UFC alums, Gonzalez and VanZant in the division.
As for her promotional bow, according to a report from MMA Fighting, a debut outing is in the works for this summer, possibly June or July, in a rematch against past-foe, VanZant.
Rachael Ostovich became the latest casualty of the cuts being made by the UFC. The promotion announced that they will be going through a phase where they expect 60 fighters to be cut from the UFC. Big names have been released so far including former two time Middleweight title challenger Yoel Romero and former UFC […]
Rachael Ostovich became the latest casualty of the cuts being made by the UFC. The promotion announced that they will be going through a phase where they expect 60 fighters to be cut from the UFC. Big names have been released so far including former two time Middleweight title challenger Yoel Romero and former UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva and Rachael Ostovich became the latest fighter to be released.
The former TUF alumni fighter took to Twitter to hit back at fans that are asking her to stop fighting and are mocking her fighting by saying “If you on your only fan game making that money…GET IT GIRL….but all you weirdos saying “OF” next for me..like that’s my only option can kiss my a**.”
If you on your only fan game making that money … GET IT GIRL….but all you weirdos saying “OF” next for me.. like that’s my only option can kiss my a$$.
Her release from the promotion shouldn’t come as a surprise following President Dana White‘s comment on cuts. “We’re going to have some big cuts coming before the end of the year. You’re going to see a lot of names going here in the next several weeks. These are the tough decisions you have to make.” White said
Ostovich has been a UFC fighter since 2017 coming from Invicta FC and after being part of The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion. She made her first UFC appearance at the finale of The Ultimate Fighter where she beat Karine Gevorgyan via first round armbar. Unfortunately that has been her only win in the promotion and she’s been on a three fight losing streak ever since so the cut isn’t a big surprise, all three of her UFC loses have also come via stoppages. Ostovich leaves the promotion with a professional MMA record of 4-6 and a 1-3 UFC record.
What do you think Rachael Ostovich should do next after being released from her UFC contract?n
Rachael Ostovich is no longer a UFC fighter. According to MMA Junkie, Ostovich was released from the promotion following her third-straight loss back at UFC Vegas 15. The Hawaiian joined the UFC after competing on The Ultimate Fighter season 26. Howeve…
Rachael Ostovich is no longer a UFC fighter. According to MMA Junkie, Ostovich was released from the promotion following her third-straight loss back at UFC Vegas 15. The Hawaiian joined the UFC after competing on The Ultimate Fighter season 26. However, she struggled in the promotion going 1-3. She won her debut by first-round armbar […]
UFC president Dana White stated there would be releases soon and that appears to be the case with women’s flyweight fighter Rachael Ostovich. That’s according to MMA Junkie who confirmed with sources that the promotion had released Ostovich following her latest TKO loss to Gina Mazany on November 28. That result put the Hawaiian on […]
UFC president Dana White stated there would be releases soon and that appears to be the case with women’s flyweight fighter Rachael Ostovich.
That’s according to MMA Junkie who confirmed with sources that the promotion had released Ostovich following her latest TKO loss to Gina Mazany on November 28.
That result put the Hawaiian on a three-fight losing streak as well as her overall MMA record at 4-6. It also ends a three-year stint with the UFC where Ostovich only managed to win once in four attempts.
Her sole victory came at the TUF 26 Finale where she submitted Karine Gevorgyan.
“It’s not just Yoel,” White said. “We’re going to go through some serious cuts here at the end of the year. We’re probably going to have 60 cuts before the first of the year. Yoel has lost four of his last five. He’s 44 years old. Our roster is very inflated right now.
“We’re going to have some big cuts coming before the end of the year. You’re going to see a lot of names going here in the next several weeks. … These are the tough decisions you have to make.”
It appears Ostovich is one of those casualties.
Do you think the UFC made the right call releasing Ostovich?