A matchup of promising middleweights has been added to a UFC Fight
Night event on June 15.
Andre
Muniz (24-6) will take on Ikram
Aliskerov (15-1) at UFC
Fight Night at the promotion’s Apex in Las Vegas. The matchup
was first reported by Brazilian mixed martial arts reporter Laerte
Viana on X (formerly known as Twitter). Both Muniz and
Aliskerov have since confirmed the pairing on social media.
Muniz is coming off a split-decision win over Jun Yong
Park in his last outing this past December. “Sergipano” kicked
off his
Ultimate Fighting Championship career with a five-fight winning
streak before suffering consecutive stoppage losses against
Brendan
Allen and Paul
Craig.
Meanwhile, Aliskerov’s last pro loss came against Khamzat
Chimaev under the
Brave CF banner back in 2019, which “Borz” has labeled the
toughest matchup of his career. The Dagestani standout earned his
UFC contract with a Round 1 submission victory on
Dana White’s Contender Series in 2022 and followed it up with
back-to-back stoppage wins. Aliskerov last fought at
UFC 294/a> in October 2023, knocking out Warlley
Alves with a flying knee followed by punches in the opening
frame. He was then scheduled to fight Anthony
Hernandez at
UFC 298 in January but was forced out due to a staph infection