Alex
Caceres will square off against Kevin Croom
in a featherweight matchup at the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s
Feb. 27 event.
MMAjunkie.com was first to report the booking. The UFC Fight
Night card is headlined by a light heavyweight showdown between
Dominick
Reyes and Jiri
Prochazka, but a location for the event has not been
confirmed.
Caceres carries a three-bout winning streak into the bout,
including a first-round submission of Austin
Springer in his most recent outing at UFC Fight Night 175 this
past August. “Bruce Leeroy” has also bested Chase
Hooper and Steven
Peterson during his current run.
Croom, meanwhile, had a memorable Octagon debut, as he stopped the
heavily-favored Roosevelt
Roberts in just 31 seconds at UFC Fight Night 177. However, the
victory was later overturned because “The Hard-Hitting Hillbilly”
tested positive for marijuana. The 33-year-old Croom is 21-12 over
the course of a professional career that began in 2009.