A bantamweight clash between Umar
Nurmagomedov and Raoni
Barcelos has been booked for a UFC Fight Night event on Jan.
14.
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ESPN first brought word of the booking. UFC Fight Night is
expected to take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is
headlined by a middleweight duel between Kelvin
Gastelum and Nassourdine
Imavov.
The 26-year-old cousin of former UFC lightweight king Khabib
Nurmagomedov is undefeated in 15 professional bouts. He’s been
victorious in his first three Octagon appearances, posting
submission triumphs against Sergey
Morozov and Brian
Kelleher before outpointing Nathan
Maness in his last outing at UFC on ESPN 38.
Barcelos snapped a two-bout skid in his last bout, as he garnered a
unanimous decision triumph over Trevin
Jones at UFC Fight Night 211. The former Resurrection Fighting
Allliance champion is 6-2 in UFC competition and 17-3 as a
professional overall.