A bantamweight clash pitting Davey Grant
against Cody Gibson
is among the latest additions to the
Ultimate Fighting Championship’s March 23 offering.
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The booking was confirmed by Grant’s management, Iridium Sports
Agency. Two featherweight bouts were also announced by Iridium:
Julian
Erosa vs. Ricardo
Ramos and Fernando
Padilla vs. Luis
Pajuelo. UFC
Fight Night is expected to take place at the UFC Apex in Las
Vegas. A headliner for the event has not been revealed.
Grant had a two-bout winning streak snapped in his last outing,
when he dropped a split decision to Daniel
Marcos at UFC Fight Night 224 this past July. The 38-year-old
Englishman is 6-6 since beginning his promotional tenure in
November 2013.
Gibson, meanwhile, kicked off his second Octagon stint at UFC 292,
where he suffered a unanimous decision loss to Brad Katona
on Aug. 19. “The Renegade” previously went 1-3 in UFC competition
from 2014 to 2015.
Erosa has lost back-to-back outings, falling to Padilla and
Alex
Caceres via first-round technical knockout in his last two UFC
appearances. Prior to that, “Juicy J” had been victorious in five
of six promotional outings.
Ramos is 2-3 in the promotion since 2020. In his lone appearance of
2023, the Brazilian was submitted by Charles
Jourdain in the opening stanza at UFC Fight Night 228 on Sept
23.
Padilla had a three-bout winning streak snapped in his last outing,
when he fell to Kyle Nelson
via unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night 227.
Pajuelo will be making his Octagon debut after earning a UFC
contract with a first-round stoppage of Robbie Ring
on Dana White’s Contender Series this past August.