Roxanne Modafferi: happiest woman in the State of Illinois

Now don’t let her not-so-menacing looks or enthusiasm fool you: Modafferi is one of the best female fighters in the world who has earned the opportunity to fight on this card.

And while it is certainly refreshing to see and read about Modafferi’s excitement heading into Saturday’s event, I hope she has coaches with her who are reminding her that she didn’t make the journey from Japan just to rub elbows with some of MMA’s biggest names.