Tournament final/inaugural title fight set as part of Friday's official TUF 26 Finale lineup

The 16-fighter tournament has been whittled down to two, and now the matchup to crown the inaugural UFC women’s flyweight champion at Friday’s The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale is set.

Sijara Eubanks(2-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will face Nicco Montano (3-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) in the UFC’s first 125-pound female title fight, which headlines the FS1-televised fight card from Park Theatre in Las Vegas. Early prelims stream on UFC Fight Pass.

Eubanks and Montano came into “TUF 26” tournament as unheralded names with the No. 12 and No. 14 seeds, respectively. Once in the house, though, they proved to be much better than that.

Eubanks began her run with a submission victory over No. 5 seed Maia Stevenson. In the quarterfinals, she scored the most violent stoppage of the season with a head-kick knockout of No. 4 DeAnna Bennett. After consecutive stoppages, Eubanks went the distance in the semifinals, upsetting No. 1 Roxanne Modafferi by unanimous decision to punch her title to the title.

On the other side of the bracket, Montano made herself known immediately with a decision win over UFC veteran and No. 3 Lauren Murphy. She followed that up with a bloody victory over No. 6 Montana De La Rosa in the quarterfinals. Montano completely her run of upsets in the semifinals, defeating No. 2 Barb Honchak by unanimous decision.

Several other members of the “TUF 26” cast will fight at Friday’s event, including a main-card bout of semifinalists Modafferi (21-13 MMA, 0-1 UFC) vs. Honchak (10-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC), as well as Bennett (8-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Melinda Fabian (4-3-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC).

Set for the televised preliminary portion of The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale is De La Rosa (7-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Christina Marks (8-8 MMA, 0-0 UFC), Karine Gevorgyan (3-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Rachael Ostovich (3-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC), and Ariel Beck (4-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Shana Dobson (2-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC).

Opening the event on UFC Fight Pass, Gillian Robertson (3-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) meets Emily Whitmire (2-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC).

The complete TUF 26 Finale lineup includes:

MAIN CARD (FS1, 10 p.m. ET)

• Sijara Eubanks vs. Nicco Montano – for inaugural women’s flyweight title
• Sean O'Malley vs. Terrion Ware
• Barb Honchak vs. Roxanne Modafferi
• Gerald Meerschaert vs. Eric Spicely
• DeAnna Bennett vs. Melinda Fabian
• Brett Johns vs. Joe Soto

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)

• Montana De La Rosa vs. Christina Marks
• Ryan Janes vs. Andrew Sanchez
• Karine Gevorgyan vs. Rachael Ostovich
• Ariel Beck vs. Shana Dobson

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 7:30 p.m. ET)

• Gillian Robertson vs. Emily Whitmire

For more on The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.