Austin Bashi isn’t getting a layup for his UFC debut.
Probably the most highly-touted prospects from the latest season of Dana White’s Contender Collection, the 23-year-old Bashi (13-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will face Anthony Pettis protege Christian Rodriguez (11-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) in a bantamweight bout Jan. 11 at a UFC Combat Night time occasion on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
The UFC just lately made the bout official after an preliminary report by Eurosport NL.
Each new and acquainted faces will enter the Octagon at #UFCVegas101 👏 pic.twitter.com/NVWYi3aUTD
— UFC (@ufc) November 26, 2024
Bashi turned heads throughout his time on the regional scene for his dominance towards powerful competitors at a younger age. After he declined a number of UFC alternatives, Bashi accepted a DWCS supply. Bashi dominated substitute Dorian Ramos en path to a second-round submission and UFC contract in September.
Rodriguez goals to bounce again from a submission loss to Julian Erosa in July. The defeat snapped a four-fight successful streak that included victories over Joshua Weems, Raul Rosas Jr., Cameron Saaiman, and Isaac Dulgarian.
With the addition, the UFC Combat Night time lineup for Jan. 11 consists of:
- Thiago Moises vs. Trey Ogden
- Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov
- Carlston Harris vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio
- Austin Bashi vs. Christian Rodriguez
- Nicolle Caliari vs. Ernesta Kareckaite
- Uros Medic vs. Puna Soriano
- Andreas Gustafsson vs. Preston Parsons
- Felipe Bunes vs. Jose Johnson
- Cesar Almeida vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan
- Nurullo Aliev vs. Yanal Ashmouz
- Victoria Dudakova vs. Fatima Kline
For extra on the cardboard, go to MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for the UFC Combat Night time occasion.
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