A brand new heavyweight matchup has been confirmed for Jailton Almeida at UFC 302.
Almeida is about to face Alexandr Romanov on the pay-per-view occasion, which takes place June 1 in Newark, N.J. The matchup initially was reported by Ag. Struggle and confirmed to MMA Combating by a number of individuals with data of the information.
Almeida initially was set to face Alexander Volkov on the June 1 occasion. However UFC CEO Dana White subsequently introduced Volkov had as an alternative been booked to battle fellow Russian Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Saudi Arabia, set for June 22 in Riyadh.
Almeida hopes to bounce again after struggling the primary setback of his octagon profession, a knockout loss to Curtis Blaydes at UFC 299. Previous to that, the Brazilian submission specialist had steamrolled his opposition, profitable six straight with simply one in every of his opponents surviving to the scorecards.
Romanov is 9 months faraway from a comeback win over Blagoy Ivanov, who helped him snap a two-fight skid that deflated the hype he constructed with a five-fight profitable streak. Earlier than his setbacks, none of his 16 wins had concerned judges.
UFC 302’s headliner has but to be confirmed. The occasion’s foremost card airs on ESPN+ pay-per-view.
