Credit:Getty/UFC
Credit: Getty/UFC
Credit: Getty/UFC
Brian
Kelleher will lock horns with Mario
Bautista in a bantamweight clash at
UFC on ESPN 38.
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Bautista’s management, Iridium Sports Agency, first brought word of
the bout. UFC on ESPN 38 takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas
on June 25 and is headlined by a lightweight tilt pitting Mateusz
Gamrot against Arman
Tsarukyan.
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Kelleher is 1-1 thus far in 2022. After
outpointing Kevin Croom
at UFC on ESPN 32 on Jan. 15, “Boom” was submitted in the opening
round by Umar
Nurmagomedov at UFC 272 on March 5. The New Yorker is 8-6
during his tenure with the Las Vegas-based promotion after stints
with Riong of Combat, Cage Fury Fighting Championships and Bellator
MMA.
Bautista enters the matchup having won three of his last four
Octagon appearances. Most recently, the 28-year-old MMA Lab
representative earned a unanimous decision over Jay Perrin at
UFC Fight Night 201 on Feb. 19.