Sodiq
Yusuff will lock horns with Arnold
Allen in a featherweight affair at UFC Fight Night on April
10.
MMAjunkie.com was first to report the booking. UFC Fight Night
is headlined by a middleweight showdown between Darren Till
and Marvin
Vettori. A location for the event has not been formally
announced.
An alum of Dana White’s Contender Series, the 27-year-old Yusuff
has emerged as a top prospect at 145 pounds with victories in his
first four Octagon appearances. Yusuff hasn’t competed since
January 2020, when he outpointed Andre Fili at
UFC 246. He was forced to withdraw from a scheduled October bout
vs. Edson
Barboza for undisclosed reasons.
Arnold, meanwhile, is on a nine-bout professional winning streak
that includes seven triumphs in the UFC. The 27-year-old Tristar
Gym representative has socred notable wins over Gilbert
Melendez and Nik Lentz
during that span and is 16-1 over the course of his career.