Patricio
Freire will fight Dan Ige at
UFC 318„>UFC 318 on July 19 at the
Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Leo Guimaraes first reported the bout. The card will be headlined by
Dustin
Poirier’s retirement fight in a trilogy against Max
Holloway.
Friere made his promotional debut against Yair
Rodriguez at UFC
314 this past April, when “Pitbull” was dropped and thoroughly
dominated en route to a unanimous decision loss. The former
Bellator featherweight champ has now dropped three of his last
four, with the other two losses coming against Chihiro
Suzuki and Sergio
Pettis.
Meanwhile, Ige is 1-2 in his last three, though one of those losses
came against future title contender Diego Lopes
when “50K” stepped up on four hours’ notice. After dropping another
unanimous decision against Lerone
Murphy, Ige returned to the win column with a finish of
Sean
Woodson at UFC 314.