UFC 306 has a brand new flyweight matchup.
On Tuesday, information broke that Kevin Borjas is out of his scheduled battle at UFC 306. As a substitute, Edgar Chairez now faces Joshua Van, who steps in as a short-notice substitute. The change was first reported by MMA Junkie and later confirmed by MMA Combating.
Certainly one of eight Mexican fighters competing on the occasion branded “Noche UFC,” Chairez additionally competed on the unique Noche UFC final 12 months, the place his bout with Daniel Lacerda resulted in a no contest following an error by referee Chris Tognoni. The 2 rematched earlier this 12 months at UFC Mexico Metropolis, with Chairez pulling off a first-round submission.
Nonetheless solely 22 years previous, Van suffered the primary lack of his UFC profession when he was knocked out by Charles Johnson at UFC Denver in July. That defeat ended a three-fight win streak within the promotion, and now “Fearless” seems to be to get again on observe at an occasion UFC CEO Dana White claims will probably be “the best dwell sporting occasion of all-time.”
UFC 306 takes place on September 14 at Sphere in Las Vegas and will probably be headlined by a bantamweight title battle between Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, whereas a ladies’s flyweight championship trilogy matchup between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko serves because the co-main occasion.
Mike Heck contributed to this report.
