Yep, this is the right fight.
I get the reservations at the time of Rose's last fight that she didn't deserve to be in a contender eliminator, but I never felt this would directly be a contender eliminator. There's just too much traffic in front of them.
Grasso-Shevchenko III is in the works (sometime after August per TUF timelines), then you've still got Manon a clear number one contender to face the winner in my opinion, what, December earliest?
That means, at best, the Barber-Rose winner gets a shot a quarter way through 2025.
So yeah, it's not a contender eliminator as such, but it's a damn good reminder that this division is looking pretty healthy. Rose-Maycee loser probably gets Erin Blanchfield, winner might even have to fight the loser of Grasso-Val!
I love this booking.