The primary UFC occasion in over a decade will probably be headlined by two title fights.
Welterweight champion Belal Muhammad will defend his title in opposition to Jack Della Maddalena within the UFC 315 foremost occasion Might 10 at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the promotion introduced Wednesday.
As well as, UFC girls’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko will face France’s Manon Fiorot in a five-round co-main occasion.
Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) returns from a extreme toe an infection that knocked him out of a scheduled title combat vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov in December. Rakhmonov as a substitute confronted and defeated Ian Machado Garry. As a result of damage, Rakhmonov was unable to take a crack at Muhammad.
That’s the place Della Maddalena (17-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) stepped in. Scheduled to face Leon Edwards in a UFC Battle Night time headliner on March 22 in London, Della Maddalena has been changed by Sean Brady.
Della Maddalena now will get a title shot a bit over three years after his promotional debut. Notable wins within the UFC embrace Gilbert Burns and Kevin Holland.
Shevchenko (24-4-1 MMA, 13-3-1 UFC) will face somebody not named Alexa Grasso for the primary time in 4 appearances. Shevchenko and Grasso engaged in a trilogy throughout which they cut up the appearances at 1-1-1. Shevchenko at the moment has the final chuckle, nonetheless, as she gained the title again from Grasso in September.
Fiorot (12-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) may grow to be the primary French champion ought to she win. No opponent has been in a position to be her up to now within the UFC, as Fiorot has racked up wins over Erin Blanchfield and Rose Namajunas amongst others.
With the additions, the UFC 315 lineup consists of:
Champion Belal Muhammad vs. Jack Della Maddalenna – for welterweight title
Champion Valentina Shevchenko vs. Manon Fiorot – for ladies’s flyweight title
Alexa Grasso vs. Natalia Silva
Bekzat Almakhan vs. Brad Katona
Nora Cornolle vs. Hailey Cowan
Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Bruno Silva
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