Per sources: Michael Morales vs. Jake
Matthews set for Nov 18th UFC eventVía @ESPNDeportes
pic.twitter.com/NdjAUtTkED— Carlos Contreras Legaspi 🦁 (@CCLegaspi)
September 22, 2023
Some days, the Ultimate Fighting Championship decides to open
the gates and let loose a number of new matchups into the wild all
at once.
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Per ESPN
Deportes, the UFC’s Spanish-language broadcast partner, an
intriguing welterweight pairing between Michael
Morales (15-0) and Jake
Matthews (19-6) has come together. This fight with potential
rankings implications will be held on Nov. 18 at the UFC Apex in
Las Vegas, as part of
UFC Fight Night 232.
The 23-year-old Morales out of Entram Gym burst onto the scene when
he staged the upset and topped Nikolay
Veretennikov on the scorecards at Dana White’s Contender Series. This
contract-winning victory put the youngster in the Octagon, where he
celebrated this by smashing Trevin
Giles and Adam Fugitt
in 2022. The lone trip to the cage this year came against Max Griffin,
and the Ecuadorian remained undefeated by overcoming “Pain.”
Over the last few years, veteran Matthews has alternated wins and
losses. While in 2020, he maintained a three-fight win streak, a
submission loss to Sean Brady
in his only appearance in 2021 put him out for a while. Over a year
later, “The Celtic Kid” righted the ship by laying waste to
Andre
Fialho, only for Matthew
Semelsberger to defeat him six months later. In July, the
Aussie tapped out Darrius
Flowers, in what was his 18th appearance for the organization
while just 28 years old.
UFC Fight Night 232 will play out at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on
Nov. 18. Sitting atop the billing is a middleweight delight as
finishers Brendan
Allen and Paul Craig
come to blows. The remainder of the lineup is not currently
official, although it is expected that a strawweight clash between
Amanda
Ribas and Luana
Pinheiro will be placed high on the card.