Three new bouts have been added to the growing UFC Fight Night 172 card on May 16.
First reported by Combate, the fights are as follows: Don’Tale Mayes vs. Rodrigo Nascimento Ferreira at heavyweight; Cortney Casey vs. Mara Romero Borella at flyweight and Giga Chikadze vs. Mike Davis at featherweight.UFC Fight Night 172 takes place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena and is headlined by a heavyweight tilt pitting Alistair Overeem against Walt Harris. The card is expected to air on ESPN and ESPN+.
After earning a promotional contract on Season 3 of Dana White’s Contender Series, Mayes suffered a third-round submission loss to Ciryl Gane in his Octagon debut at UFC Fight Night 162 last October. Ferreira will enter his first UFC foray with a 7-0 mark that includes a first-round tapout of Michal Martinek on the Contender Series last July.
Casey has lost three of her lost four in the Las Vegas-based promotion, including a unanimous decision setback against Cynthia…