A lightweight showdown between Esteban
Ribovics and Nasrat
Haqparast has been added to the UFC Vegas 103 lineup.
Ribovics confirmed the booking on social media following an initial
report from Marcel Dorff. UFC Vegas 103 — also
known as UFC
Fight Night 253 — takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on
March 1 and is headlined by a flyweight tilt pitting Brandon
Royval against Manel
Kape.
Ribovics is coming off a “Fight of the Year” contender at UFC 306,
where he edged Daniel
Zellhuber via split decision in an entertaining slugfest. The
28-year-old Argentina native has won three straight Octagon
appearances since dropping his debut to Loik Radhzhabov at UFC 285.
The
Kill Cliff FC representative has been victorious in 14 of his
15 professional appearances overall — with 12 of those triumphs
coming inside the distance.
Haqparast, meanwhile, will take a four-bout winning streak into the
matchup with Ribovics. In his lone appearance of 2024, the Moroccan
defeated Jared
Gordon via split decision at UFC on ABC 6 on June 22. He’s also
bested Jamie
Mullarkey, Landon
Quinones and John
Makdessi during his current run. The
Tristar Gym export is 9-4 during his tenure with the Las
Vegas-based promotion.