A clash of middleweights has been added to UFC
Kansas City.
Michel
Pereira (31-12) will take on Abusupiyan
Magomedov (27-6-1) at 185 pounds on April 26 at the T-Mobile
Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The matchup was first reported by
Ag.Fight and was subsequently confirmed by
Pereira on social media.
Pereira moved up to middleweight in 2023 despite being on a
five-fight winning streak at welterweight. “Demolidor” was unbeaten
in three middleweight outings before suffering a fifth-round TKO
loss against Anthony
Hernandez in his most recent outing this past October.
Meanwhile, Magomedov joined the UFC in 2022 and has since gone 3-2
in the promotion. The Russian’s losses came against top-tier
competition in Sean
Strickland and Caio
Borralho. “Abus” is coming off consecutive wins over Warlley
Alves and Brunno
Ferreira in 2024.