A lightweight tilt between Arman
Tsarukyan and Mateusz
Gamrot will serve as the headliner for UFC Fight Night on June
25.
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Eurosport was first to report that the matchup had received
main event status. Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot was
initially reported earlier this month, but at the time it was
unclear where the bout would fall on the card. Now the rising
lightweight contenders will get a full five rounds in a pairing
that should have serious rankings implications.
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After dropping a decision to top 155-pound contender Islam
Makhachev in his Octagon debut, Tsarukyan has won five
consecutive bouts within the Las Vegas-based promotion. That
stretch includes back-to-back TKO victories over Christos
Giagos and Joel
Alvarez in his last two UFC appearances. The 25-year-old
American Top Team product is 18-2 over the course of a professional
career that began in 2015.
A former KSW two-division champion, Gamrot has rebounded from a
split-decision loss against Guram
Kutateladze in his first promotional foray to win three
straight contests. The 31-year-old Pole has finished all three of
those foes — Scott
Holtzman, Jeremy
Stephens and Diego
Ferreira — inside the distance and has lost just once in 21
professional appearances.
UFC Fight Night takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and also
includes a welterweight clash between Neil Magny
and Shavkat
Rakhmonov.