Payton Talbott has a reputation and date for his return to the octagon.
The undefeated UFC bantamweight prospect takes on veteran Raoni Barcelos at UFC 311 – the promotion’s first pay-per-view of 2025, which is ready to go down on Jan. 18 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.
UFC formally introduced the combat Saturday. MMA Preventing was first to report the matchup.
Talbott (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is coming off his quickest profession win, a 19-second knockout of Yanis Ghemmouri at UFC 303 again in June. The 26-year-old fighter is thought to be probably the greatest prospects in the present day at 125 kilos. Talbott has additionally gained two back-to-back $50,000 Efficiency of the Evening bonuses in his final two performances.
However, his opponent, Barcelos (18-5 MMA, 7-4 UFC), is coming off a submission win over Cristian Quiñonez again in February. The win snapped a two-fight dropping streak for the 37-year-old veteran, who’s 2-4 in his previous six journeys to the octagon.
The present UFC 311 lineup consists of:
- Jamahal Hill vs. Jiri Prochazka
- Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder
- 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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