Two high-intensity Ultimate Fighting Championship 135ers with
drastically different trajectories will meet in April.
The UFC’s broadcast partner of ESPN
Deportes first announced on Friday that Chris
Gutierrez (19-4-2) will come to blows with Pedro
Munhoz (19-7, 2 NC) at a UFC
Fight Night card on April 15. The location and designation are
still currently in the works. Not long after the announcement was
made, Gutierrez’ management team of Iridium
Sports Agency confirmed the matchup.
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Gutierrez is unbeaten in his last eight walks to the UFC cage, with
seven victories and a 2020 draw to Cody Durden
building his resume. Dating back to 2021, the last four appearances
for Gutierrez have gone his way, most notably demolishing Batgerel
Danaa with a spinning backfist in March 2022 and landing a
crushing knee knockout on Frankie
Edgar at UFC 281. In the former, Gutierrez became the ninth
fighter in company history to score a knockout stemming from that
strike, and only the second by a bantamweight – Douglas
Silva de Andrade the first.
While “El Guapo” is surging into this contest with all the momentum
on his side, Munhoz will be hunting for his first win since 2021,
accounting for just one victory in his last six fights. “The Young
Punisher” squared off with Jose Aldo in
mid-2021 and lost on the scorecards, and then matched up against
Dominick
Cruz four months later only to lose that one as well. In his
only 2022 fight, Munhoz faced Sean
O’Malley, and an eye poke from O’Malley concluded the match in
the second round by no contest.
With no official title yet, the UFC Fight Night event on April 25
will carry on at a currently undisclosed location. A number of key
fights have been placed on the card thus far, including a
featherweight banger pitting Edson
Barboza against Billy
Quarantillo. Additionally, Dustin
Jacoby will take on Azamat
Murzakanov in the light heavyweight division, while T.J. Brown
battles it out with Bill Algeo as
well.