UFC CEO Dana White has introduced two key extra fights on social media.
White took to his X account on Thanksgiving to announce some fights bulletins together with Joe Pyfer getting his first UFC primary occasion.
Some Thanksgiving combat bulletins. Comfortable Thanksgiving everyone! pic.twitter.com/wNDkaxQ0nB
— danawhite (@danawhite) November 23, 2023
The primary combat that Dana White introduced was that Jalin Turner has stepped up on quick discover and can face Bobby Inexperienced within the co-main occasion of UFC Austin on Dec. 2. The combat will even now simply be three rounds as a substitute of the scheduled 5.
In fact, Inexperienced was presupposed to tackle Dan Hooker, nevertheless it was revealed that the Kiwi suffered an arm injury and was pressured to withdraw from the bout. Now, Dana White revealed that Turner, who misplaced to Hooker again in July, will step up on 9 days’ discover to face Inexperienced within the co-main occasion of UFC Austin.
The following combat that Dana White introduced was the primary occasion of a Feb. 10 Combat Night time card from the UFC Apex as 10th-ranked middleweight Jack Hermansson will tackle Joe Pyfer.
Jack Hermansson hasn’t fought since December of 2022 when he suffered a TKO loss to Roman Dolidze. Hermansson is 3-4 in his final seven fights as he has alternated wins and losses. In his profession, Hermansson has notable wins over Jacare Souza, Kelvin Gastelum, and Edmen Shahbazyan amongst others.
Joe Pyfer, in the meantime, is 12-2 as a professional and an ideal 3-0 within the UFC. The Philly native is coming off a second-round submission over Abdul Razak Alhassan again in October. His different two UFC wins got here by knockout in opposition to Gerald Meerschaert and Alen Amedovski.
The ultimate announcement that Dana White made was confirming that Alexander Volkanovski vs. Ilia Topuria will headline UFC 298 on Feb. 17 and the occasion will happen in Anaheim. The occasion was rumored to be in California and the UFC CEO has now confirmed the information.
