Former UFC flyweight contender Sijara Eubanks is headed to bantamweight

Esther Lin, MMA FightingOn Wednesday night, MMAFighting confirmed the initial report from ESPN of the former flyweight contender’s intention of moving up to bantamweight.

Eubanks would later take to Twitter to confirm the news herself.

This news come a little over a month removed from Eubanks (4-2) coming in 1.2-pounds over the flyweight limit ahead of her fight against Roxanne Modafferi at UFC 230.

Prior to this, the woman known as “Sarj” was briefly linked to a flyweight title fight against top ranked Valentina Shevchenko. However, after witnessing the backlash from the booking, the UFC instead matched up Shevchenko with Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the co-main event of UFC 231 this Saturday.…