UFC Fight Roundup: Cody Brundage steps in on short notice to fight Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC Vegas 66

Fights come collectively quick nowadays, and when you blink, you may simply miss them. In Combat Roundup, we convey you the most recent reported matchups to maintain you updated with what’s on the horizon.

All bouts featured have been formally introduced or confirmed with MMA Preventing’s Guilherme Cruz, Mike Heck, and Damon Martin by way of sources with information of the matchups.

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Michal Oleksiejczuk has a brand new opponent for this Saturday.

Cody Brundage (8-2) has agreed to step in on lower than two weeks’ discover to combat Oleksiejczuk (17-5, 1 NC) at UFC Vegas 66 on Dec. 17 as alternative for Albert Duraev, who withdrew from the occasion for undisclosed causes. The bout stays a middleweight contest.

MMA Junkie was first to report the change.

That is excellent news for Oleksiejczuk, who appears to be like to comply with up on a constructive outcome after dropping down from the 205-pound division. Competing at 185 kilos this previous August, Oleksiejczuk defeated Sam Alvey by first-round TKO. He has received three of his previous 4 fights and holds a 5-3 (1 NC) report contained in the octagon.

Brundage is on a two-fight win streak together with his previous two outings ending within the first spherical. He defeated Dalcha Lungiambula by submission this previous March after which scored a knockout of Tresean Gore in July.

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Cortney Casey appears to be like to interrupt out of a droop when she fights Jasmine Jasudavicius in February.

The flyweights are scheduled to compete at a UFC Combat Night time occasion on Feb. 25, with a location nonetheless to be decided. A lightweight heavyweight bout between Nikita Krylov and Ryan Spann is at present set to headline the cardboard.

TSN was first to report the Casey vs. Jasudavicius matchup.

Casey (10-10) has had combined outcomes all through her professional profession, together with her 15-fight UFC run that dates again to 2015. “Solid Iron” has competed at each flyweight and strawweight and holds notable wins over Angela Hill, Jessica Aguilar, and Randa Markos, however has received simply certainly one of her previous 4 outings. In her most up-to-date combat this previous July, Casey misplaced a break up choice to Antonina Shevchenko.

Canada’s Jasudavicius (7-2) seeks her second UFC win after splitting her first two appearances for the promotion. The Contender Sequence signing received her UFC debut in opposition to Kay Hansen, however dropped a unanimous choice to Natalia Silva this previous June.

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Abdul Razak Alhassan’s subsequent project is to welcome Claudio Ribeiro to the octagon.

The 2-division veteran fights Ribeiro (10-2) at an upcoming UFC APEX occasion in Las Vegas on Jan. 14. SUPER LUTAS was first to report the matchup.

Alhassan (11-5) has misplaced 4 of his previous 5 bouts, with a break up choice loss to Joaquin Buckley in his most up-to-date outing this previous February. He sports activities a 5-5 report within the UFC, with all of his wins coming by the use of first-round knockout, together with three in beneath a minute.

Ribeiro earned a UFC contract on the 2022 season of Dana White’s Contender Sequence. The Brazilian fighter is at present on a six-fight win streak, which was capped off by 25-second knockout of Ivan Valenzuela on the Contender Sequence this previous August.