A bantamweight clash pitting Cody
Garbrandt against Rani Yahya
has been rebooked for an Ultimate Fighting Championship event on
Oct. 1.
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Garbrandt and Yahya were originally supposed to meet at UFC on ESPN
39 on July 9, but Yahya was forced to withdraw from the bout due to
a neck injury. Both fighters confirmed the rescheduled date on
social media following an initial report from
MMA Mania.
The UFC
Fight Night card doesn’t have an official location or venue as
of yet, but it is expected to feature a by a strawweight showdown
between Mackenzie
Dern and Xiaonan
Yan.
A former 135-pound champion, Garbrandt will return to the division
following a short-lived stint at flyweight. In his lone 125-pound
appearance, “No Love” fell to Kai Kara
France via first-round technical knockout at UFC 269 on Dec.
11. The 31-year-old Ohioan has lost five of his last six in UFC
competition.
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and former ADCC champion, Yahya
has been part of the UFC roster since 2011. The 37-year-old
Constrictor Team representative has compiled a 13-4-1 mark with one
no contest during his promotional tenure. Yahya went 2-0 in 2021,
submitting Ray
Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night 187 before outpointing Kyung Ho
Kang at UFC Fight Night 198.