If all goes as planned, the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s return
to the Toyota Center in Houston will feature a super-sized 15-bout
lineup.
The Las Vegas promotion announced the finalized card for the May 15
event, including a pair of new lightweight bouts: Lando
Vannata vs. Mike Grundy
and Kevin
Aguilar vs. Tucker
Lutz.
UFC 262 will take place at the Toyota Center with no crowd
restrictions in place. The event is headlined by a clash between
Michael
Chandler and Charles
Oliveira for the vacant lightweight title, while Leon
Edwards and Nate Diaz will
square off in a five-round non-title co-main event. The lineup for
the entire card can be viewed
here.
Vannata went 1-1 in 2020 and is coming off a decision loss to
Bobby
Green in a rematch at UFC Fight Night 173. Grundy, meanwhile,
had a nine-bout winning streak snapped at UFC on ESPN 14, where he
dropped a three-round verdict to Movsar
Evloev.
After winning his first two Octagon appearances, Aguilar has
dropped three in a row, falling to Dan Ige,
Zubaira
Tukhugov and Charles
Rosa in succession. Lutz will be making his promotional debut
after earning a pair of victories on Dana White’s Contender Series
to run his professional mark to 11-1.