UFC has introduced a number of fights for its upcoming occasion in Macau.
UFC Battle Night time 248 takes place Nov. 23 at Galaxy Enviornment in Macau, that includes a giant bantamweight matchup between former 135-pound champion Petr Yan and former flyweight champ Deiveson Figueiredo.
Wednesday, the promotion formally introduced a number of new fights on social media for the return occasion to China.
A UFC-ranked prime 10 matchup within the girls’s strawweight division has been added. Former title challenger Yan Xiaonan will face Tabatha Ricci.
Xiaonan (17-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) returns to motion for the primary time since her title problem loss in opposition to Zhang Weili at UFC 300. Ricci (11-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) enters on a two-fight profitable streak, contemporary off a unanimous choice win over Angela Hill at UFC on ESPN 62.
One other UFC-ranked prime 10 bout can be on the cardboard, this one within the gentle heavyweight division, between former title challenger Volkan Oezdemir and Carlos Ulberg.
Oezdemir (20-7 MMA, 8-6 UFC) is on a two-fight profitable streak, each by means of early stoppage. His final efficiency was a devastating knockout of Johnny Walker at UFC on ABC 6. Ulberg (10-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) was part of the UFC 303 battle shuffle, however was unable to compete. He’ll now enter his second battle of the yr after a 12-second knockout of Alonzo Menifield.
As well as, Wang Cong will compete in her second UFC bout, taking over Gabriella Fernandes.
Cong (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) made waves in her promotional debut by flattening Victoria Leonardo within the first spherical. “The Joker” holds a kickboxing win over present UFC girls’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko.
With the additions, the present UFC Battle Night time 248 lineup consists of:
- Petr Yan vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
- Yan Xiaonan vs. Tabatha Ricci
- Volkan Oezdemir vs. Carlos Ulberg
- Lone’er Kavanagh vs. Jose Ochoa
- Carlos Hernandez vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel
- Wang Cong vs. Gabriella Fernandes
- Ozzy Diaz vs. Zhang Mingyang
- Xiaocan Feng vs. Ming Shi – “Street to UFC” strawweight last
- Dong Hoon Choi vs. Kiru Sahota – “Street to UFC” flyweight last
- Balgyn Jenisuly vs. Su Younger You – “Street to UFC” bantamweight last
- Bin Xie vs. Kangjie Zhu – “Street to UFC” featherweight last
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