The UFC's long-awaited return to Louisville, Kentucky will feature a huge middleweight matchup in the night's main event.
The world's leading MMA promotion hasn't visited Louisville since Diego Sanchez and Martin Campan headlined the event in Louisville in 2011, but earlier this month the UFC Fight Night card was announced on June 8th at KFC It was announced that it will be held at Yum! center.
UFC Louisville was originally announced without a main event, but now Alex Behunin has reported that top middleweights Jared Cannonier and Nasoudin Imavov will square off in the card's headline bout.
Cannonier, a former middleweight title challenger, bounced back from a loss to former champion Israel Adesanya with back-to-back wins over Marvin Vettori and Sean Strickland. He currently ranks fourth in the UFC's middleweight rankings.
Imavov is ranked No. 8, a few spots below Cannonier, and is coming off a decision win over Roman Dolisez earlier this year. Both he and “Killa Gorilla” could come close to winning the title in Louisville, but reigning champion D'Ricas du Plessis is preparing hard for a rumored showdown with Adesanya later this year. is.
The news of Cannonier vs. Imavov headlining at UFC Louisville comes shortly after the promotion announced that former title challengers Dominick Reyes and Dustin Jacoby will also compete at the event. The full fight card for June 8th currently looks like this:
• Jared Cannonier vs. Nasouddin Imavov
• Dominick Reyes vs. Dustin Jacoby
• Brad Katona vs. Jesse Butler
• Thiago Moises vs. Judevit Klein
• Punahele Soriano vs Miguel Baeza
• Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Ricky Turcios
• Eduarda Moura vs. Dennis Gomez
• Julian Marquez vs. Jack Reese
• Puja Tomar vs Rayanne Amanda
• Cody Staman vs. Taylor Lapilas
• Charles Radtke vs. Carlos Prates
• Bruno Ferreira vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
• Daniel Marcos vs. John Castañeda
• Andrea Lee vs. Montana Delarosa
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