UFC middleweights Chris Curtis and Roman Kopylov will throw down in January.
Curtis takes on Kopylov in a UFC Fight Night event on Jan. 11, which is expected to take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. A person with knowledge of the situation confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie following an initial report from MMA Fighting.
Curtis (31-11-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC) was scheduled to face Kevin Holland in Saturday’s UFC 307 event, but he withdrew after fracturing his foot. In his most recent outing at UFC Fight Night 240 in April, Curtis lost a split decision to Brendan Allen in his first headliner.
Winner of five of his past six, with four of those wins coming by knockout, Kopylov (13-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) is coming off a split decision win over Cesar Almeida at UFC 302 in June.
With the addition, the current UFC Fight Night event on Jan. 11 includes:
- Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov
- Thiago Moises vs. Trey Ogden
