The UFC 303 card has taken on a big makeover, and a pair of featherweight standouts will battle in a major spot.
Diego Lopes vs. Brian Ortega goes to be a part of the refreshed Worldwide Struggle Week lineup, UFC CEO Dana White introduced late Thursday.
As well as, former mild heavyweight Jamahal Hill is out of his battle towards Carlos Ulberg, White introduced, and has been changed by Anthony Smith.
UFC 303 misplaced its Conor McGregor-Michael Chandler principal occasion, as nicely, simply hours after the promotion needed to make a change to subsequent week’s headliner in Saudi Arabia.
Lopes (23-6 MMA, 3-1 UFC), 29, has been unstoppable since a short-notice determination loss to undefeated Movsar Evloev in his debut at UFC 288 in Could 2023. He’s reeled off three consecutive first-round finishes, with the newest coming towards Sodiq Yusuff at UFC 300 in April.
He’ll now get an opportunity to proceed his streak towards a perenial contender in Ortega (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC), who’s No. 7 within the newest USA TODAY Sports activities/MMA Junkie featherweight rankings and is coming off a submission victory over former interim champion Yair Rodriguez at UFC Struggle Night time 237 in February.
The most recent UFC 303 lineup now consists of:
- Champ Alex Pereira vs. Jiri Prochazka – for mild heavyweight title
- Anthony Smith vs. Carlos Ulberg
- Diego Lopes vs. Brian Ortega
- Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Macy Chiasson
- Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Joe Pyfer
- Ian Machado Garry vs. Michael Web page
- Andre Fili vs. Cub Swanson
- Vinicius Oliveira vs. Ricky Simon
- Charles Jourdain vs. Jean Silva
- Yanis Ghemmouri vs. Payton Talbott
- Gillian Robertson vs. Michelle Waterson-Gomez
- Andrei Arlovski vs. Martin Buday
- Carlos Hernandez vs. Rei Tsuruya
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