Credit:Getty/UFC
Credit: Getty/UFC
Credit: Getty/UFC
Credit: Getty/UFC
A welterweight clash between Jared
Gooden and Kevin
Jousset has been added to a UFC
Fight Night event set to go down at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas
on May 11.
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The news was first reported by Marcel Dorff on X (formerly known as
Twitter) and was later confirmed by Jousset in a social media
post.
Jousset (10-2) joined the
Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2023 with an 8-2 record on a
three-fight winning streak. The Kiwi has gone 2-0 in the Las
Vegas-based promotion since then, first recording a Round 1
submission against Kiefer
Crosbie at
UFC 293 followed by a unanimous decision win over Kenan Song
in December.
Meanwhile, Gooden (23-9) is currently on his second UFC stint after
going 1-3 in his first go with promotion. Looking to make it back
to the big leagues, “Nite Train” returned to the regional circuit
and went on to compile a record of 4-1 with three Round 2 finishes
to earn his way back into the UFC. Gooden will face Jousset coming
off a Round 2 submission victory over Wellington
Turman in December.
Other expected matchups on the Fight
Night event include Alonzo
Menifield vs. Carlos
Ulberg, Terrance
McKinney vs. Esteban
Ribovics, and Jake Hadley
vs. Charles
Johnson.