Drew
Dober. | Getty/UFC
The
UFC 326 card has received a boost in the form of two
long-tenured lightweights.
Drew
Dober and Michael
Johnson will meet in a 155-pound contest on March 7 at the
T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Dober confirmed the booking on social
media following an initial report from MMAjunkie.com. UFC 326 is headlined by a BMF
title tilt between Max
Holloway and Charles
Oliveira. The event airs in its entirety on Paramount+.
Experience Counts
Dober snapped a three-bout skid in his last outing when he scored a
third-round TKO of Kyle
Prepolec at UFC Vancouver this past October. The 37-year-old
Nebraska native is tied for eighth on the promotion’s all-time
knockout list with eight. He owns notable wins over the likes of
Jamie
Varner, Joshua
Burkman, Nasrat
Haqparast, Alexander
Hernandez, Terrance
McKinney and Bobby Green.
Dober is 14-11 in the Octagon since making his debut in 2013.
Johnson, meanwhile, is in the midst of a three-fight winning streak
after earning successive triumphs over Darrius
Flowers, Ottman
Azaitar and Daniel
Zellhuber. “The Menace” was scheduled to face Hernandez at UFC
324, but the fight was canceled on the day of the event due to
irregular betting patterns. “The Ultimate Fighter 12” finalist is
16-15 over the course of a promotional tenure that began in
December 2010.