Aleksandre Topuria will make his extremely anticipated UFC debut in February.
Topuria (5-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), the older brother of featherweight champion Ilia Topuria, has been focused to fulfill Cody Haddon (8-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in a bantamweight bout Feb. 9 at UFC 312 from Qudos Financial institution Enviornment in Sydney, Australia.
Two individuals with information of the matchup just lately knowledgeable MMA Junkie of the reserving however requested to stay nameless because the promotion has but to make an official announcement. The bout was first reported by social media account Australian MMA.
Topuria hasn’t competed since a first-round TKO win in Might 2023. Though he began his skilled profession in 2015, the 28-year-old has competed simply six occasions in 9 years. Three of his 5 wins have come by end.
Haddon, a Dana White’s Contender Collection graduate, made good in his octagon debut when he defeated Dan Argueta by unanimous choice this previous October at UFC Struggle Night time 244. The 26-year-old Aussie’s lone-career loss got here to former UFC flyweight title challenger Steve Erceg.
The newest UFC 312 lineup now contains:
- Champ Dricus Du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland – for middleweight title
- Champ Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez – for girls’s strawweight title
- Jimmy Crute vs. Marcin Prachnio
- Anshul Jubli vs. Quillan Salkilld
- Stewart Nicoll vs. Rei Tsuruya
- Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Tom Nolan
- Jack Jenkins vs. Gabriel Santos
- Justin Tafa vs. Tallison Teixeira
- Cody Haddon vs. Aleksandre Topuria
For extra on the cardboard, go to MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for UFC 312.
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