UFC 313 is beginning to get fleshed out.
UFC 313 goes down on March 8 on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas, and whereas the primary occasion is but to be decided, the third UFC pay-per-view occasion of the 12 months did simply decide up a big-time bantamweight contest when Chris Gutierrez takes on Jean Matsumoto. Marcel Dorff was first to report the information, which each fighters later confirmed on social media.
Making his UFC debut in 2018, Gutierrez received seven of his first 9 bouts within the promotion, incomes his manner into the highest 15 at bantamweight after defeating Frankie Edgar at UFC 281. However issues have been up-and-down for Gutierrez since then, as he misplaced two of three bouts in 2023 to top-ranked fighters Pedro Munhoz and Tune Yadong. Most lately, Gutierrez bought again on the successful monitor with a unanimous choice victory over Quang Le at UFC Vegas 95 this previous August.
Undefeated in his skilled profession at 16-0, the 25-year-old Matsumoto is likely one of the brightest rising prospects within the bantamweight division. Signed off of Contender Collection in 2023, Matsumoto had a superb debut 12 months with the UFC in 2024, selecting up wins over Dan Argueta and Brad Katona to announce himself as a critical participant at 135 kilos.
Take a look at the present UFC 313 line-up beneath.