Orion Cosce, the card’s biggest underdog,
got the third-round finish from the crucifix
#DWCS pic.twitter.com/xLxvijmznH— ESPN MMA (@espnmma)
August 19, 2020
Dana White’s Contender Series alum Orion Cosce
will make his Octagon debut against Nicolas
Dalby at UFC 255.
Cosce initially announced the booking via social media. UFC 255
takes place on Nov. 21 and is headlined by a flyweight title clash
between Deiveson
Figueiredo and Alex Perez.
In the co-main event, Valentina
Shevchenko defends her 125-pound belt against Jennifer
Maia.
Cosce earned a UFC contract by rallying for a third-round TKO
victory against Matt Dixon
in a Contender Series bout on Aug. 18. The 26-year-old Californian
is 7-0 as a professional, with all of his triumphs coming inside
the distance.
Dalby, meanwhile, had a five-bout unbeaten streak snapped at UFC on
ESPN 14, where he was submitted by Jesse
Ronson in the opening stanza on July 25. A former Cage Warriors
title holder, the 35-year-old Dane is 2-4-1 over the course of two
separate UFC tenures.