UFC 230 results: Sijara Eubanks earns decision over Roxanne Modafferi

Esther Lin, MMA FightingIt wasn’t the under the circumstances she had envisioned, but Sijara Eubanks had her hand raised in victory at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.

Eubanks was briefly set to headline UFC 230 in a match against Valentina Shevchenko, but the UFC pulled the matchup when the new headliner of Daniel Cormier vs. Derrick Lewis came together three weeks ago.

So Eubanks instead ended up fighting popular veteran Roxanne Modafferi, in a bout which was contested at a catchweight 127.2 after Eubanks missed the flyweight limit Friday. But despite the draining weight cut, she still had enough left in the tank to gut out a unanimous decision. The judges’ scores were…