Recent Dana White’s Contender Series winner Kleydson
Rodrigues will make his Octagon debut against Zarrukh
Adashev at a UFC event on Jan. 15.
Sherdog.com learned of the booking from a source close to the
situation. The card does not yet have a location or headliner.
A former Jungle Fight flyweight champion, Rodrigues earned a UFC
contract on the basis of a lopsided unanimous verdict over Santo
Curatolo on Sept. 21. The 25-year-old Brazilian is 7-1 over the
course of a professional tenure that began in 2015.
Adashev, meanwhile, halted a two-bout skid with a three-round
verdict over Ryan Benoit
at UFC on ESPN 28. The Lion Martial Arts Gym representative went
3-0 in Bellator before signing with the Las Vegas-based promotion,
where he would fall to Tyson Nam and
Su
Mudaerji in his first two appearances.