Anthony
Hernandez will lock horns with Roman
Dolidze in a middleweight bout at UFC
302.
MMAFighting.com was first to report the
pairing. UFC 302 takes place at the Prudential Center in Newark,
New Jersey, on June 2 and will also include a heavyweight scrap
pitting Jailton
Almeida against Alexander
Volkov.
Hernandez will take a five-fight promotional winning streak into
the matchup with Dolidze. Most recently, “Fluffy” secured a
second-round submission triumph against Roman
Kopylov at UFC 298 on Feb. 17. His current streak also includes
victories over the likes of Edmen
Shahbazyan, Marc-Andre
Barriault, Josh Fremd
and Rodolfo
Vieira.
Dolidze, meanwhile, is coming off back-to-back defeats for the
first time in his professional tenure. The skid began with a
unanimous decision defeat against Marvin
Vettori at UFC 286 and continued with a majority decision loss
to Nassourdine
Imavov in the UFC Fight Night 235 main event. Prior to that,
the 35-year-old Georgian had won four straight bouts within the Las
Vegas-based organization.