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ESPN app. Should Alex
Caceres win this next one, he will be on the longest win streak
of his 31-fight career. On Wednesday, Seung Woo
Choi (10-3) announced on his Instagram that he
would be facing Caceres (18-12, 1 NC) at
UFC Fight Night 196 on Oct. 23. The featherweights will square
off inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, and both will be putting
solid winning streaks on the line.
Caceres has won his last four dating back the last two years,
putting together his lengthiest victorious stretch since he started
his career at 4-0. Along the way, “Bruce Leeroy” has defeated
Steven
Peterson, Chase
Hooper and Kevin Croom
on the scorecards, while tapping Austin
Springer in the opening frame. The 33-year-old will officially
be marking a decade of UFC competition when he comes into this
bout, entering the Octagon for the 24th time.
South Korea’s Choi has prevailed in his last three contests, with
decisions over Suman
Mokhtarian and Youssef
Zalal spring boarding him into a matchup against the resurgent
Julian
Erosa in June. “Sting” halted the momentum of Erosa by stinging
him with punches and putting him out in the opening round. Both
Choi and his opponent started their UFC careers off with a pair of
defeats, only to go and bounce back with multiple wins and extend
their tenures.
Slowly filling out is UFC Fight Night 196, which goes down at Las
Vegas inside the UFC Apex on Oct. 23. The keynote matchup sees
former middleweight title challengers square off as Paulo Costa
faced Marvin
Vettori. The bout placement of other matches on the card has
not yet been determined, although it is expected the Livinha
Souza–Randa
Markos strawweight encounter will be placed higher on the
billing. Additionally, Jun Yong
Park vs. Gregory
Rodrigues at middleweight has been booked for this Fight Night
a well.