Ian Garry officially has booked his second UFC fight.
Coming off a successful promotional debut, Garry will meet Darian Weeks at UFC 273. On Saturday, the promotion announced the welterweight matchup set for April 9 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla.
A former Cage Warriors champion, Garry (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) made a splash in his UFC debut last November when he knocked out Jordan Williams in the closing seconds of the first round. Until that point, the 24-year-old Irish standout struggled, but he still got the job done in a big way to remain undefeated. Six of Garry’s eight career victories have been stoppages.
Weeks, 28, is 5-1 overall and coming off the first loss of his career after dropping a unanimous decision to Bryan Barberena this past December at UFC on ESPN 31.
The current UFC 273 lineup includes:
- Champion Alexander Volkanovski vs. Chan Sung Jung – for featherweight title
- Champion Aljamain Sterling vs. Petr Yan – for bantamweight title
- Irene Aldana vs. Aspen Ladd
- Pat Sabatini vs. Gavin Tucker
- Mickey Gall vs. Mike Malott
- Mackenzie Dern vs. Tecia Torres
- Kelvin Gastelum vs. Nassourdine Imavov
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Marcin Tybura
- Julio Arce vs. Daniel Santos
- Mark Madsen vs. Vinc Pichel
- Chris Curtis vs. Dricus Du Plessis
- Albert Duraev vs. Anthony Hernandez
- Ian Garry vs. Darian Weeks
