One other enjoyable matchup within the light-weight division has been added to UFC 311 in January.
On Jan. 18 at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, USA TODAY SPORTS/MMA Junkie-ranked light-weight No. 8 Grant Dawson will meet Diego Ferreira within the first pay-per-view of 2025. The information was first reported by Combat Bananas. Each camps have publicly shared the matchup on social media, and MMA Junkie additionally confirmed the reserving with a supply aware of the reserving.
Dawson (22-2-1 MMA, 10-1-1 UFC) will enter the competition on a two-fight profitable streak, with each wins coming in 2024. His most up-to-date battle was a second-round TKO stoppage of Rafa Garcia in October, which got here after a unanimous choice win over Joe Solecki in June.
Ferreira (19-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) additionally has received back-to-back fights, though the judges weren’t wanted for both victory. In Might 2023, Ferreira knocked out Michael Johnson within the second spherical and adopted that up with a third-round TKO of Mateusz Rebecki. Each finishes earned $50,000 Efficiency of the Evening bonuses.
With the addition, the UFC 311 lineup consists of:
- Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac
- Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira
- Muin Gafurov vs. Rinya Nakamura
- Bogdan Guskov vs. Johnny Walker
- Ailin Perez vs. Karol Rosa
- Sedriques Dumas vs. Zach Reese
- Raoni Barcelos vs. Payton Talbott
- Bernardo Sopaj vs. Ricky Turcios
For extra on the cardboard, go to MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for UFC 311.
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