The sage of booking Mauricio Ruffy’s second UFC appearance continues.
Ruffy (10-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is once again opponent-less for UFC 309 after Charlie Campbell (9-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) withdrew. The search is once again on to find a willing opponent for the Nov. 16 event at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Two people with knowledge of the situation recently informed MMA Junkie of the change but asked to remain anonymous since the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.
The Fighting Nerds’ Ruffy dazzled fight fans in his UFC debut in May as he stalked and knocked out seasoned veteran Jamie Mullarkey inside the first round. Since then, the promotion has tried to book Ruffy for at least three different pay-per-view events (UFC 303, UFC 307, and now UFC 309) but have not found an opponent to make it to the cage.
With the change, the UFC 309 lineup includes:
- Champ Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic – for heavyweight title
- Michael Chandler vs. Charles Oliveira
- Viviane Araujo vs. Karine Silva
- Paul Craig vs. Bo Nickal
- Eryk Anders vs. Chris Weidman
- Mauricio Ruffy vs. TBA
- Nikita Krylov vs. Azamat Murzakanov
- Damon Jackson vs. Jim Miller
- Veronica Hardy vs. Eduarda Moura
- Jonathan Martinez vs. Marcus McGhee
- Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Mickey Gall
- Bassil Haffez vs. Oban Elliot
- Lucas Almeida vs. David Onama
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 309.
