The UFC’s return to Australia in August continues to construct with the addition of two new fights.
Australia’s personal Junior Tafa (5-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) is about to tackle Valter Walker (11-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at heavyweight. And at featherweight, Australia’s Josh Culibao (11-3-1 MMA, 3-3-1 UFC) meets Ricardo Ramos (16-6 MMA, 7-5 UFC). UFC officers introduced the brand new bookings late Sunday.
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UFC 305 is about for Aug. 17 at RAC Enviornment in Perth (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+).
Tafa might be searching for a return to the win column after a second-round TKO loss to Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC 298 in February. Walker, from Brazil, wants a rebound, too. After a 11-0 begin to his MMA profession, Walker made his promotional debut in April, however dropped a choice to Lukasz Brzeski.
Culibao is working off back-to-back losses for the primary time in his profession. Almost a 12 months in the past, he misplaced a choice to Lerone Murphy. In March, he dropped a cut up name to Danny Silva. Ramos has back-to-back setbacks, too – however each of his got here by first-round guillotine choke submission. Charles Jourdain tapped him this previous September, and Julian Erosa bought him in March.
The newest UFC 305 lineup now contains:
- Champ Dricus Du Plessis vs. Israel Adesanya – for middleweight title
- Steve Erceg vs. Kai Kara-France
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Tai Tuivasa z
- Josh Culibao vs. Ricardo Ramos
- Tom Nolan vs. Alex Reyes
- Tereza Bleda vs. Casey O’Neill
- Justin Tafa vs. Valter Walker
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