Ihor Potieria faces kickboxing ace Cesar Almeida in a middleweight showdown at UFC 307 on Oct. 5, a number of folks with data of the state of affairs confirmed to MMA Combating following a report by Tremendous Lutas.
The promotion has but to announce the headlining attraction and placement for the pay-per-view occasion, which is predicted to happen in Salt Lake Metropolis.
Potieria (21-6) final fought in Could, going through Michel Pereira on brief discover in Rio de Janeiro and shedding by way of first-round submission. His try to overturn the end result to a no contest was later denied by the Brazilian fee.
Potieria faces off in opposition to a Brazilian opponent for the fourth time since becoming a member of UFC. The Ukrainian expertise scored the largest win of his profession in early 2023 by knocking out MMA legend Mauricio Rua, however has since been completed by Rodolfo Bellato and Pereira.
Almeida (5-1) seems to be to rebound from a choice defeat to Roman Kopylov this previous June after successful his octagon debut with a bonus-winning knockout over Dylan Budka.
Almeida is a former kickboxing champion in Brazil and beforehand defeated future UFC and GLORY two-division champion Alex Pereira by way of determination within the kickboxing ring, although he additionally misplaced two different choices to “Poatan.”
The UFC 207 lineup at the moment consists of Aljamain Sterling vs. Movsar Evloev and Marina Rodriguez vs. Iasmin Lucindo.
