Sodiq Yusuff vs Diego Lopes added to UFC 300

A featherweight bout between Sodiq Yusuff vs Diego Lopes has been added to the historic UFC 300 struggle card. MMA occasion airs stay from T-Cell Area in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 14 (AEST).

Sodiq Yusuff (13-3) is trying to rebound from the defeat by unanimous choice towards Edson Barboza final October. In 2022, the 30-year-old native of Lagos, Nigeria submitted Don Shainis within the first spherical and earned a UD towards Alex Caceres.

Diego Lopes (23-6) gained two of his earlier bouts inside the space. The 29-year-old of Manaus, Brazil KO’d Pat Sabatini within the first spherical final November and submitted Gavin Tucker within the first spherical final August.

The promotion made the struggle announcement at the moment by way of a submit on X. With an addition of Yusuff vs Lopes, 10 bouts in whole have been formally set for the occasion to this point.

Among the many beforehand introduced matchups, Weili Zhang defends her strawweight title towards Yan Xiaonan, Charles Oliveira faces Arman Tsarukyan within the light-weight title eliminator and Justin Gaethje defends his “BMF” belt towards Max Holloway. Plus, Kayla Harrison makes her UFC debut towards Holly Holm.

Whereas, the principle occasion and co-main occasion bouts are but to be revealed, the present UFC 300 lineup seems to be as the next:

Weili Zhang vs. Yan Xiaonan, ladies’s strawweight – Zhang’s UFC ladies’s strawweight title
Charles Oliveira vs. Arman Tsarukyan, light-weight – UFC light-weight title eliminator
Justin Gaethje vs. Max Holloway, light-weight – Gaethje’s BMF title
Jiri Prochazka vs. Aleksandar Rakic, gentle heavyweight
Aljamain Sterling vs. Calvin Kattar, featherweight
Bo Nickal vs. Cody Brundage, middleweight
Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Cody Garbrandt, bantamweight
Jim Miller vs. Bobby Inexperienced, light-weight
Kayla Harrison vs. Holly Holm, ladies’s bantamweight
Sodiq Yusuff vs. Diego Lopes, featherweight