UFC

Bryce Mitchell gets new undefeated opponent for UFC 288

Published

April 17, 2023

Bryce Mitchell gets a new opponent for UFC 288. Photo via Instagram (@thugnasty_ufc)

Last week it was revealed that Jonathan Pearce was forced to pull oit of his fight against Bryce Mitchell at UFC 288 due to an injury.

The promotion has found a replacement for Pearce as they recently announced that No. 10 ranked Movsar Evloev will step in on short-notice to face Mitchell in a featherweight main card bout.

Evloev is undefeated as a professional MMA fighter with a record of 16-0, 6-0 in the UFC. He comes from a unanimous decision against Dan Ige in June last year.

Updated UFC 288 fight card

UFC 288 is headlined by a bantamweight title fight between reigning champion Aljamain Sterling and former two-division champion Henry “Triple-C” Cejudo.

The strawweight fight between former champion Jessica Andrade and Yan Xiaonan will serve as the new co-main event, after the lightweight fight between Charles Oliveira and Beneil Dariush was scratched from the fight card.

Bantamweight title bout: Aljamain Sterling (c) vs. Henry Cejudo
Women’s strawweight bout: Jessica Andrade vs. Yan Xiaonan
Featherweight bout: Movsar Evloev vs. Bryce Mitchell
Featherweight bout: Kron Gracie vs. Charles Jourdain
Lightweight bout: Drew Dober vs. Matt Frevola
Light heavyweight bout: Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Devin Clark
Welterweight bout: Khaos Williams vs. Rolando Bedoya
Women’s strawweight bout: Marina Rodriguez vs. Virna Jandiroba
Middleweight bout: Phil Hawes vs. Ikram Aliskerov
Flyweight bout: Rafael Estevam vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
Middleweight bout: Joseph Holmes vs. Claudio Ribiero
Bantamweight bout: Daniel Santos vs. Johnny Muñoz Jr.

* Fight order and number of bouts can change.

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