October goes to be a giant month for the UFC. Two large fights for that month bought revealed earlier at present.
Brett Okamoto of ESPN MMA broke the information earlier at present that there can be a strawweight predominant occasion in October. On October first, followers can be handled to 5 rounds of Mackenzie Dern and Yan Xiaonan. The bout is a vital one within the 115-pound division.
The Brazilian is recent off a victory over Tecia Torres at UFC 273 in April. Previous to the announcement of her battle towards Yan Xiaonan, she was hoping for an interim title battle with Weili Zhang. Whereas she gained’t get her title battle, she’ll get a giant matchup later this yr.
Yan Xiaonan, on different hand, is using a two-fight shedding streak. In her final two outings, she’s misplaced to Carla Esparza and Marina Rodriguez. Previous to her present skid, she was using a 13-fight unbeaten streak.
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Nevertheless, the headliner between Mackenzie Dern and Yan Xiaonan isn’t the one battle on faucet for October. First damaged by Full Violence on Twitter, welterweights Belal Muhammad and Sean Brady are set for UFC 281. The cardboard will happen on October twenty second on the Etihad Area.
‘Keep in mind The Identify’ is at present using an eight-fight unbeaten streak. Muhammad’s most up-to-date victory noticed him defeat Vicente Luque through unanimous resolution in April. Previous to the reserving with Brady, he was angling for a battle with Khamzat Chimaev.
As a substitute of ‘The Wolf’, Belal Muhammad will face Sean Brady. The Philadelphia-native is sitting at an ideal 15-0 skilled file thus far in his profession. His most up-to-date outing was a unanimous resolution victory over Michael Chiesa in November 2021.
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