A featherweight showdown pitting Giga
Chikadze against Sodiq
Yusuff is official for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s
event on Sept. 17.
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The promotion announced the co-main event pairing on Saturday. UFC
Fight Night takes place at an as yet to be determined location and
is headlined by a bantamweight tilt between Cory
Sandhagen and Yadong
Song.
The 33-year-old Chikadze had a nine-bout professional winning
streak snapped in his last outing, when he fell to Calvin
Kattar via unanimous decision in the UFC on ESPN 32 headliner
on Jan. 15. The Kings MMA product is 14-3 overall, a record that
includes noteworthy finishes of Edson
Barboza and Cub Swanson
at 145 pounds.
Yusuff, meanwhile, authored a bounce-back effort in his first
appearance of 2022, when he outpointed Alex
Caceres at UFC Fight Night 203 on March 12. That victory comes
on the heels of a decision defeat to rising featherweight contender
Arnold
Allen at UFC on ABC 2. The Dana White’s Contender Series alum
has won seven of his last eight professional outings dating back to
2018.