Kevin Holland is wasting no time getting back into action, returning to welterweight to face Gunnar Nelson at the UFC Fight Night on March 22 at The O2 in London, England.
Holland confirmed the fight on Instagram by reposting a graphic of the matchup. In his caption, he wrote, “Got rid of the ex, back at Welterweight/lock in twin. Imma see you around.”
Nelson, meanwhile, continues his trend of fighting once a year in London, as he did in both 2022 and 2023. In his last outing, “Gunni” submitted Bryan Barberena in the first round. Before that, he defeated Takashi Sato after a three-year layoff. He’ll now return from two years away to face “Big Mouth.”
Holland is coming off a quick loss to Reinier de Ridder at UFC 311, where he was submitted in under four minutes. The defeat marked his second consecutive defeat, prompting a move back down to 170 pounds — a division in which he previously found success with wins over Michael Chiesa and Santiago Ponzinibbio.
With this addition, the current fights expected to take place at UFC London on March 22 are as follows:
Leon Edwards vs. Jack Della Maddalena
Jan Blachowicz vs. Carlos Ulberg
Kevin Holland vs. Gunnar Nelson
Molly McCann vs. Istela Nunes
Mick Parkin vs. Marcin Tybura
Felipe Dos Santos vs. Lone’er Kavanagh
Alonzo Menifield vs. Oumar Sy
Christian Leroy Duncan vs. Andrey Pulyaev
Morgan Charriere vs. Nathaniel Wood
Nathan Fletcher vs. Caolan Loughran
Jai Herbert vs. Chris Padilla
Shauna Bannon vs. Puja Tomar
