A bantamweight clash pitting two promising competitors has been
added to
UFC Fight Night 241.
China’s Heili
Alateng (16-9-2) will take on Brazil’s Kleydson
Rodrigues (8-3) in a three-round meeting on a Fight Night card
scheduled to go down on May. 18 at the Apex in Las Vegas. The news
was first announced by Alateng’s management, Iridium Sports Agency,
in a post to X (formerly known as Twitter). Rodrigues
confirmed news of this pairing
on his Instagram shortly after its announcement.
Rodrigues will hope to make his way back to the win column, coming
off a submission loss against Farid
Basharat in September last year. “K.R” has gone 1-2 in his
first three Octagon outings, including a loss to C.J. Vergara
and a first-round knockout victory over Shannon
Ross.
Meanwhile, Alateng will enter the contest on the heels of a
unanimous decision loss against Chris
Gutierrez that snapped a three-fight undefeated streak. The
Chinese national has wins over the likes of Chad
Anheliger, Kevin Croom
and Ryan
Benoit.
UFC Fight Night 241 will be headlined by a featherweight clash
between Edson
Barboza and Lerone
Murphy on May 18 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Other matchups
on the card include Tatsuro
Taira vs. Tim
Elliott, Adrian
Yanez vs. Vinicius
Salvador, and more.