A bantamweight showdown pitting Chris
Gutierrez against Javid
Basharat has been added to the
UFC on ABC 7 lineup.
Gutierrez confirmed the booking on social media following an
initial report from Marcel Dorff. UFC on ABC 7 takes place at
Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Aug. 3 and is headlined by a
bantamweight tilt between Cory
Sandhagen and Umar
Nurmagomedov.
Gutierrez is coming of a unanimous decision loss to Yadong Song
in the UFC Fight Night 233 headliner this past December. Prior to
that, “El
Guapo” had been victorious in five of his previous six Octagon
appearances dating back to 2021.
Basharat, meanwhile, suffered his first defeat in 16 pro outings at
UFC Fight Night 238, where he dropped a unanimous verdict to
Aiemann
Zahabi on March 2. Basharat owns victories over Mateus
Mendonca, Tony
Gravely and Trevin
Jones in UFC competition.