Jessica Eye vs. Kalindra Faria flyweight bout headed to UFC-St. Louis in January

The UFC’s new women’s flyweight division will be on display when the company debuts in St. Louis in January.

Jessica Eye (11-6 MMA, 1-5 UFC) will take on Kalindra Faria (18-6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) in a 125-pound bout at UFC Fight Night 124. Promotion officials recently announced the new booking.

UFC Fight Night 124 takes place Jan. 14 at Scottrade Center in St. Louis. The card will air on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

The 31-year-old Eye, a training partner of UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, is in desperate need of a win. Today marks the three-year anniversary since her lone official win under the UFC banner, a second-round TKO of Leslie Smith. Since then, she’s had four straight decision losses.

Eye actually debuted in the promotion at UFC 166 with a split-decision win over Sarah Kaufman. But that fight later was overturned to a no-contest after Eye tested positive for marijuana metabolites.

Brazil’s Faria debuted with the promotion in October at UFC 216, but suffered a submission loss to Mara Romero Borella. That setback snapped a three-fight winning streak that included a win 13 months prior under the Titan FC banner.

Prior to coming to the UFC, Faria’s resume featured losses to some highly recognizable names in women’s MMA: Carina Damm, Claudia Gadelha, Vanessa Porto, Jessica Aguilar and Karolina Kowalkiewicz.

With the addition, the UFC Fight Night 124 card includes:

• Vitor Belfort vs. Uriah Hall
• Thiago Alves vs. Zak Cummings
• Matt Frevola vs. Marco Polo Reyes
• James Krause vs. Alex White
• Darren Elkins vs. Michael Johnson
• Jessica Eye vs. Kalindra Faria

For more on UFC Fight Night 124, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.