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The women’s flyweight fight between Rachael Ostovich and Paige VanZant is back on for January.

Ostovich (4-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC) was booked to face VanZant (7-4 MMA, 4-3 UFC) three weeks ago at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on Jan. 19 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. But due to injuries she suffered in an alleged domestic violence incident this past week, her management team initially said she’d be out of the fight.

After getting a second opinion from a doctor today, though, Ostovich got the green light to stay in the bout, which is a little less than two months away. Ostovich’s manager, Brian Butler with Suckerpunch Entertainment, confirmed the news to MMAjunkie. ESPN.com first reported the fight being back on following MMAjunkie’s report earlier today that Ostovich was seeking a second opinion.

Butler told MMAjunkie that Ostovich’s orbital bone still is fractured, but is “healing well and will be OK in time for the fight.”

Gods plan 🙏🏼💪🏻 — rachaelostovich (@rachaelostovich) November 27, 2018

VanZant also posted on her Twitter feed that the fight still was on and included a message of support for Ostovich’s ongoing outside-the-cage issues.

“Yes we are going to war with each other in the cage, but I stand by her side with her ongoing battle at home. Let’s put on a fight and show these people how strong we are. # GirlPower,” VanZant posted.

FIGHT STILL ON!!!!! I couldn’t be more great full to @rachaelostovich Yes we are going to war with each other in the cage, but I stand by her side with her ongoing battle at home. Let’s put on a fight and show these people how strong we are. #GirlPower #UFC pic.twitter.com/DDfNDV65jt — Paige VanZant (@paigevanzant) November 27, 2018

Suckerpunch’s original statement this past week said Ostovich broke an orbital bone and suffered other injuries. It also said Ostovich and her family were asking “for some privacy as they sort through this matter.”

That matter is the alleged beating at the hands of her husband, Arnold Berdon, who today made his first court appearance to answer for a second-degree assault charge in their home city of Honolulu.

According to a petition Ostovich filed in support of a restraining order against Berdon, Berdon allegedly punched her several times in the head and ribs during the alleged incident on Nov. 18 around 2 a.m. The attack, according to her petition, caused her to fall to the ground during the incident. She said she coughed up blood and threw up several times and escaped through a balcony, according to a report from TMZ.

Berdon, who initially was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, has been free on a $75,000 bond since his arrest. Although reports have indicated the 27-year-old MMA fighter pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, a representative from the Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney said a plea won’t be made before a judge rules there’s probable cause to continue with the case.

Ostovich, 27, was a cast member on “The Ultimate Fighter 26,” bowing out in the quarterfinals after losing a unanimous decision to Barb Honchak. However, the Hawaiian was brought back for the season’s live finale, where she submitted Karine Gevorgyan in the opening round.

Ostovich competed most recently in July and suffered a submission loss to Montana De La Rosa at The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale.

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