UFC has introduced a number of fights for its upcoming occasion in Macau.
UFC Combat Evening 248 takes place Nov. 23 at Galaxy Enviornment in Macau, that includes an enormous 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 ladies’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 successful streak, recent off a unanimous choice win over Angela Hill at UFC on ESPN 62.
One other UFC-ranked prime 10 bout can also be on the cardboard, this one within the mild heavyweight division, between former title challenger Volkan Oezdemir and Carlos Ulberg.
Oezdemir (20-7 MMA, 8-6 UFC) is on a two-fight successful streak, each by the use 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 combat shuffle, however was unable to compete. He’ll now enter his second combat 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 ladies’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko.
With the additions, the present UFC Combat Evening 248 lineup contains:
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 – “Highway to UFC” strawweight remaining
Dong Hoon Choi vs. Kiru Sahota – “Highway to UFC” flyweight remaining
Balgyn Jenisuly vs. Su Younger You – “Highway to UFC” bantamweight remaining
Bin Xie vs. Kangjie Zhu – “Highway to UFC” featherweight remaining
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