A pairing of light heavyweight veterans is on tap for
UFC 282, as Ovince St.
Preux will square off against Alexander
Gustafsson on Dec. 10.
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MMAjunkie.com was first to report the pairing. UFC 282 takes
place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and is expected to feature
a 205-pound title bout between Jiri
Prochazka and Glover
Teixeira.
St. Preux snapped a two-bout losing streak in his last outing at
UFC 274, when he took a split verdict over Mauricio Rua
on May 7. The former interim light heavyweight title challenger has
been in the UFC since 2013, earning wins over the likes of Corey
Anderson, Nikita
Krylov, Rua (twice), Yushin
Okami, Rafael
Cavalcante and Alonzo
Menifield.
Gustafsson, meanwhile, will be seeking his first victory since May
2017, when he defeated Glover
Teixeira via fifth-round KO in the UFC Fight Night 109
headliner. The three-time 205-pound title challenger has lost his
last four Octagon appearances, including a 67-second KO defeat to
Krylovat UFC Fight Night 208 on July 23.