Mild heavyweights Johnny Walker and Bogdan Guskov are anticipated to fulfill on the upcoming UFC 311 card, which is about to happen on Jan. 18 with a location nonetheless to be decided, though Los Angeles is the rumored vacation spot.
A number of folks with data of the promotion’s plans confirmed the information to MMA Preventing on Monday. Pink Nook MMA initially posted the information.
Walker returns to motion in January with hopes of returning to the win column after going 0-2 with one no contest in his previous three fights. Most not too long ago, Walker suffered a first-round knockout loss to Volkan Oezdemir on the UFC’s first ever card in Saudi Arabia.
Whereas the Brazilian has fallen on more durable occasions, he stays a continuing risk at 205 kilos with spectacular wins over names like Anthony Smith and Paul Craig lately.
As for Guskov, the 32-year-old fighter from Uzbekistan appears to construct on the momentum from his previous two fights the place he knocked out Ryan Spann and Zac Pauga. General, Guskov has gone 2-1 within the UFC together with his loss additionally coming to Oezdemir when he fell to the one-time title challenger by submission again in September 2023.
Walker vs. Guskov is the most recent addition to the UFC 311 card with a fundamental occasion nonetheless to be decided. There are rumors that light-weight champion Islam Makhachev might doubtlessly return in January however that hasn’t been finalized but.
