A complete of 13 bouts have been made official for the UFC Combat Evening card going down at Wells Fargo Enviornment in Des Moines, IA on Could 3. The principle occasion is a five-round, 135-pound contest between Cory Sandhagen and Deiveson Figueiredo.
Each fighters look to return to successful methods. No. 4-ranked bantamweight contender Sandhagen (17-5) of Aurora, CO suffered a unanimous determination defeat towards Umar Nurmagomedov final August. Former two-time flyweight champion and No. 5 Figueiredo (24-4-1) of Brazil dropped a unanimous determination towards Petr Yan final November.
The co-main occasion is a 185-pound conflict between Reinier De Ridder and Bo Nickal. No. 13-ranked middleweight contender De Ridder (19-2) of the Netherlands submitted Kevin Holland within the first spherical in January and secured his third straight victory. In his earlier bout final November, unbeaten Nickal (7-0) of Rifle, CO scored a unanimous determination towards Paul Craig.
Additionally confirmed for the occasion on Tuesday is a light-weight bout between San Diego, CA-based Jeremy Stephens (29-21, 1 NC) of Des Moines, IA and Mason Jones (11-2, 1 NC) of Wales. As effectively, Montel Jackson (15-2) of Milwaukee, WI and Daniel Marcos (17-0, 1 NC) of Peru sq. off at bantamweight.
Thomas Petersen (9-3), preventing out of Webster, MN faces Don’Story Mayes (11-8, 1 NC) of Louisville, KY at heavyweight. Ryan Loder (8-1), preventing out of Sacramento, CA fights Azamat Bekoev (19-3) at middleweight.
Australia-based Junior Tafa (6-3) from New Zealand takes on England’s Tuco Tokkos (10-5) at mild heavyweight. Marina Rodriguez (17-5-2) of Brazil and Gillian Robertson (15-8) of Canada battle it out at strawweight.
Former bantamweight champion and present No. 11 Miesha Tate (20-9) of Tacoma, WA goes up towards Yana Santos (15-8, 1 NC). Santiago Ponzinibbio (31-8) of Argentina and Daniel Rodriguez (18-5) of Alhambra, CA go head-to-head at welterweight.
Trevor Peek (9-3, 1 NC) of Scottsboro, AL meets Jeong Yeong Lee (11-2) of Korea at featherweight. One other matchup at bantamweight pits Cameron Smotherman (12-4), preventing out of Houston, TX, towards Serhiy Sidey (11-2) of Ukraine.
The present UFC Des Moines lineup is as follows:
Cory Sandhagen vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
Reinier de Ridder vs. Bo Nickal
Jeremy Stephens vs. Mason Jones
Montel Jackson vs. Daniel Marcos
Thomas Petersen vs. Don’Story Mayes
Ryan Loder vs. Azamat Bekoev
Junior Tafa vs. Tuco Tokkos
Marina Rodriguez vs. Gillian Robertson
Yana Santos vs. Miesha Tate
Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Daniel Rodriguez
Trevor Peek vs. Lee Jeong-yeong
Cameron Smotherman vs. Serhiy Sidey
Marlon Vera vs. Mario Bautista
