Josiah Harrell sends his opponent out of the
cage with a takedown. Can’t say I have seen this happen before in
the octagon
#LFA160 pic.twitter.com/K7z4xgumzt— Pierce (@bigbird_ph)
June 17, 2023
Undefeated Ohio-based welterweight Josiah
Harrell has agreed to replace the injured Sean Brady
and meet Jack
Della Maddalena at UFC
290.
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UFC fighter Matt Brown
first brought word of the new booking and it was subsequently
confirmed by multiple outlets, including
BJPenn.com. UFC 290 takes place on Saturday at the T-Mobile
Arena in Las Vegas and is headlined by a featherweight championship
clash pitting Alexander
Volkanovski against Yair
Rodriguez.
Harrell, 24, has compiled a 7-0 record since making his
professional debut in March 2020. Most recently, Harrell went viral
for driving opponent Michael
Roberts through the cage door while completing a takedown at
LFA 160 on June 16. “The Muscle Hamster” won that lightweight bout
via third-round technical knockout.
Maddalena, meanwhile, has established himself as a talent to watch
in the welterweight division. The 26-year-old Australian is coming
off a first-round submission of Randy Brown
at UFC 284 — his fourth straight first-round finish within the Las
Vegas-based promotion.