A pivotal bantamweight bout is headed to the UFC’s return event in China.
Former flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo takes on former bantamweight champ Petr Yan in a five-round main event Nov. 23 at UFC Fight Night 248 from Galaxy Arena in Macau. A person with knowledge of the situation confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie on Wednesday following an initial report from Leo Guimaraes.
Figueiredo also has posted about the fight on social media.
Figueiredo (24-3-1 MMA, 13-3-1 UFC) scored his third straight win since moving up to bantamweight when he defeated Marlon Vera at UFC on ABC 7 in August. Figueiredo was hoping to get a title shot against newly crowned champion Merab Dvalishvili but will have to go through a former champion first.
After dropping three straight to Aljamain Sterling, Sean O’Malley, and Dvalishvili, Yan (17-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC) rebounded with a win over rising contender Song Yadong at UFC 299 in March.
With the addition, the current UFC Fight Night 248 lineup includes:
- Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Petr Yan
- Lone’er Kavanagh vs. Jose Ochoa
- Carlos Hernandez vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel
- Ozzy Diaz vs. Zhang Mingyang
- Xiaocan Feng vs. Ming Shi – “Road to UFC” strawweight final
- Dong Hoon Choi vs. Kiru Sahota – “Road to UFC” flyweight final
- Balgyn Jenisuly vs. Su Young You – “Road to UFC” bantamweight final
- Bin Xie vs. Kangjie Zhu – “Road to UFC” featherweight final
