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#4. Casey O'Neill
Casey O'Neill is a rising contender in the UFC women's flyweight division. The Australian-born Scottish phenom represents both nations and has a uniquely blended accent as well. More importantly, she is a hearty competitor and could find herself in the upper echelons of the division very soon.
She currently boasts a perfect professional record of 9-0, with three knockouts and two submissions. In her most recent outing, she defeated MMA veteran Roxanne Modafferi via split decision, which saw her claim the No.13 spot in the rankings.
With a few more notable victories, 'King' could potentially take on reigning flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko sooner than we think. Shevchenko has already beaten most of the top contenders in the division and O'Neill poses a unique threat to the champion.
#3. Tai Tuivasa
Almost two years ago, Tai Tuivasa suffered a third consecutive loss in the UFC and his future with the promotion was in question. Oh, how times have changed.
He joined the America-based promotion in 2017 as an undefeated prospect and got off to a scintillating start, going 3-0 in his first three fights. Unfortunately, he then picked up three defeats in succession to Junior dos Santos, Blagoy Ivanov and Sergey Spivak. It felt as though the affable Australian had seemingly hit his ceiling.
However, he bounced back with a vengeance in 2020, knocking out Stefan Struve to return to winning ways. He went on to pick up KO/TKO victories over Harry Hunsucker, Greg Hardy, Augusto Sakai and Derrick Lewis to break into the top five of the UFC heavyweight division.
The win over Lewis, in particular, showed that Tuivasa is a real contender in the heavyweight division. Still just 29, 'Bam Bam' could be contesting for world titles if he continues to improve.
