Lightweight prospects Mateusz Gamrot and Arman Tsarukyan will headline their first UFC show.
Gamrot’s fight with Tsarukyan has been promoted to the main event of UFC Fight Night on June 25, which takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. A person with knowledge of the matchup confirmed the news to MMA Junkie after an initial report by Eurosport NL.
Gamrot (20-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has finished three straight opponents since suffering his first-career loss to Guram Kutateladze in his UFC debut in October 2020. The former two-division KSW champ is coming off a second-round TKO of Diego Ferreira this past December.
His American Top Team teammate Tsarukyan (18-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) has also been on a roll after dropping his promotional debut to Islam Makhachev. The 25-year-old has won five in a row and most recently scored back-to-back finishes of Christos Giagos and Joel Alvarez.
The UFC’s June 25 lineup currently includes:
- Arman Tsarukyan vs. Mateusz Gamrot
- Amir Albazi vs. Tim Elliott
- Vanessa Demopoulos vs. Jinh Yu Frey
- Alan Baudot vs. Josh Parisian
- Chris Curtis vs. Rodolfo Vieira
- Tyson Nam vs. Tagir Ulanbekov
- Neil Magny vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov
- Sergey Morozov vs. Raulian Paiva
- Christos Giagos vs. Thiago Moises
- Nate Maness vs. Umar Nurmagomedov
- Tafon Nchukwi vs. Carlos Ulberg
