Chris
Gutierrez will get to remain on the UFC 313
card after all.
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After originally being booked against Jean
Matsumoto, Gutierrez will instead lock horns with John
Castaneda on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Matsumoto was pulled from the event to face Rob Font at
UFC
Seattle on Feb. 22. Castaneda, meanwhile, was supposed to face
Douglas
Silva de Andrade at UFC
Vegas 103 this past Saturday before the bout was scrapped.
Multiple outlets confirmed the new matchup, which will take place
at 145 pounds, following an initial report from Eurosport NL.
Gutierrez fought just once in 2024, taking a unanimous decision
against Quang Le at
UFC on ESPN 61 this past August. The Factory X product is 9-3-1
during his tenure with the Las Vegas-based promotion.
Castaneda last appeared at UFC on ESPN 57, where he dropped a
three-round verdict against Daniel
Marcos this past June. The longtime Combate Americas veteran is
4-3 in the Octagon.
UFC 313 is headlined by a light heavyweight championship clash
between Alex
Pereira and Magomed
Ankalaev.