Brian
Kelleher will square off against Saidyokub
Kakhramonov in a bantamweight scrap at an Ultimate Fighting
Championship event on Jan. 15.
MMA
DNA was first to report the booking. The card does not have an
official location or headliner at this time.
Kelleher went 1-1 in 2020, dropping a unanimous verdict against
Ricky
Simon at UFC 258 before outpointing Domingo
Pilarte at UFC on ESPN 29. The 35-year-old known as “Boom” is
7-5 during his Octagon tenure and 23-12 as a professional
overall.
A former Cage Fury Fighting Championships bantamweight title
holder, Kakhramonov submitted Trevin
Jones in his promotional debut at UFC on ESPN 29 on Aug. 21.
The 25-year-old Team Top Notch product has won four of five
professional outings since falling to Umar
Nurmagomedov under the Professional Fighters League banner in
2018.