Former UFC champions will sq. off when the promotion returns to China this November.
First reported by Leo Guimaraes on X, Petr Yan will meet Deiveson Figueiredo on Saturday, November 23 contained in the Galaxy Enviornment in Macau, China. At the moment, ‘No Mercy’ is holding issues down because the No. 3 ranked contender within the bantamweight division. On the similar time, Figueiredo continues to inch his approach up the ladder and is standing robust at No. 5.
The bout may very properly act as a possible title eliminator with the winner dealing with newly minted 135-pound titleholder Merab Dvalishvili — as soon as ‘The Machine’ takes care of some enterprise with Umar Nurmagomedov.
After a year-long layoff, Yan returned to the Octagon at UFC 299 and earned a decisive unanimous determination victory over Tune Yadong, snapping a three-fight dropping skid within the course of. Earlier than that, the previous bantamweight champion had suffered back-to-back cut up determination losses towards Aljmain Sterling and Sean O’Malley earlier than being manhandled by Dvalishvili in March 2023.
Figueiredo, however, has discovered immense success within the bantamweight division after shifting up following his iconic quadrilogy with former flyweight king Brandon Moreno. Since making his debut at 135, ‘Deus da Guerra’ has bested Rob Font and Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera through determination whereas including a second-round submission victory over Cody Garbrandt to his resume.
Reinier de Ridder books his UFC debut towards gerald meerschaert
After information broke that former two-division ONE Championship titleholder Reinier de Ridder had signed with the UFC, we now know who ‘The Dutch Knight’ will face in his Octagon debut.
De Ridder’s tenure with the promotion will formally start on Saturday, November 9 when he squares off with middleweight mainstay Gerald Meerschaert at UFC Vegas 100.
In August, Meerschaert grew to become the chief for many finishes in UFC middleweight historical past in August after submitting Edmen Shahbazyan. It was Meerschaert’s twelfth end at 185 kilos. All 12 of his wins have come by means of submission or knockout contained in the Octagon.
To not be outdone, de Ridder has completed 15 of his 17 wins, together with 12 submission and three by means of KO. The Dutch Knight’ earned back-to-back wins towards Aung La N Sang below the ONE Championship banner to seize each the ONE middleweight and lightweight heavyweight championships.
He efficiently defended the belt towards former ONE titleholder Vitaly Bigdash earlier than surrendering his gold in two straight losses towards Russian juggernaut Anatoly Malykhin.
