Da'Mon Blackshear will put his name in the UFC record book Saturday when he makes a historically quick turnaround to face Mario Bautista on short notice at UFC 292.
After he picked up just the third Twister submission in UFC history this past Saturday at UFC on ESPN 51, Blackshear (14-5-1 MMA, 2-1-1 UFC) will attempt to add his name to more history. He will replace the injured Cody Garbrandt against Bautista (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in a bantamweight bout.
Two people with knowledge of the situation told MMA Junkie of the change following an initial report from BJPenn.com. The people requested anonymity because the UFC hasn’t make an official announcement.
Blackshear’s seven-day turnaround will tie Loopy Godinez for the shortest gap between multiple UFC fights in modern company history. The only people will less time between fights came when the UFC hosted single-night tournament events in the 1990s. Godinez lost the second fight of her back-to-back, though, meaning Blackshear has the chance to set the modern-era record with two UFC wins in seven days.
Khamzat Chimaev currently holds the record with two UFC wins in 10 days, which happened in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic on “Fight Island.”
Looking to derail Blackshear’s momentum, however, is Bautista, who is riding a four-fight winning streak at 135 pounds and has finished his past three fights by submission.
UFC 292 takes place at TD Garden in Boston. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.
With the change, the UFC 292 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Aljamain Sterling vs. Sean O’Malley – for bantamweight title
- Champ Zhang Weili vs. Amanda Lemos – for women’s strawweight title
- Ian Machado Garry vs. Neil Magny
- Mario Bautista vs. Da’Mon Blackshear
- Pedro Munhoz vs. Marlon Vera
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Brad Tavares vs. Chris Weidman
- Gregory Rodrigues vs. Denis Tiuliulin
- Kurt Holobaugh vs. Austin Hubbard – “TUF” 31 lightweight final
- Brad Katona vs. TBA – “TUF” 31 bantamweight final
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Gerald Meerschaert vs. Andre Petroski
- Andrea Lee vs. Natalia Silva
- Maryna Moroz vs. Karine Silva
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 292.
