Chris Duncan will get his first main event opportunity on April
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A pair of
American Top Team stablemates will lock horns in the
UFC Fight Night 272 main event.
The Las Vegas-based promotion announced on Saturday that Renato „Moicano“ Carneiro will lock horns with Chris
Duncan in a five-round featherweight bout on April 4 at the UFC
Apex in Las Vegas. UFC Fight Night 272 also includes a women’s
strawweight showdown between Virna
Jandiroba and Tabatha
Ricci and will air on Paramount+.
“Moicano” was initially slated to face Brian
Ortega at UFC 326 on March 7 before his opponent withdrew from
the bout. After winning four straight fights from November 2022 to
September 2024, Carneiro found himself in a short-notice
lightweight title tilt against Islam
Makhachev at UFC 311. The Brazilian was submitted in the first
round of that contest. He returned at UFC 317 this past June, where
he dropped a unanimous verdict to Beneil
Dariush.
Duncan, meanwhile, has been victorious in six of his seven
promotional appearances. During his current four-bout winning
streak, “The Problem” has received “Fight of the Night” bonuses for
victories over Bolaji Oki
and Mateusz
Rebecki while also securing finishes against Terrance
McKinney and Jordan Vecenic.