Rising star vs. ranked veteran added to UFC 300

Sodiq Yusuff will fight on UFC 300. Photo via Instagram (@supersodiq)

Diego Lopes is getting another shot to crack into the featherweight top 15 as he will take on No. 12 ranked Sodiq Yusuff on the prelims of UFC 300. UFC announced the news on Wednesday.

Making his debut in 2023, Lopes has so far a 2-1 promotional record with back-to-back first-round finishes. In his short-notice debut he gave the undefeated Movsar Evloev a run for the money in a competitive fight that went the distance.

Yusuff has been in the promotion since 2018. In his only fight in 2023 he lost a unanimous decision to Edson Barboza, at UFC Vegas 81.

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Current lineup for UFC 300

UFC 300 does not yet have a confirmed main event, but a bunch of exciting fights have been announced for the fight card.

Check it out below!

• Women’s strawweight title fight: (C) Zhang Weili vs. #2 Yan Xiaonan
• BMF title fight at lightweight: (BMF) Justin Gaethje #2 vs. Max Holloway (#1 FW)
• Lightweight: #1 Charles Oliveira vs. #4 Arman Tsarukyan
• Light heavyweight: #2 Jiri Prochazka vs. #5 Aleksandar Rakic
• Featherweight: (#1 BW) Aljamain Sterling vs. #7 Calvin Kattar
• Middleweight: Bo Nickal vs. Cody Brundage
• Bantamweight: #8 Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Cody Garbrandt
• Lightweight: #14 Bobby Green vs. Jim Miller
• Women’s bantamweight: #5 Holly Holm vs. Kayla Harrison
• Featherweight: Sodiq Yusuff vs. Diego Lopes

* Fight card is a subject of change.

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