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Bryce Mitchell gets new undefeated opponent for UFC 288
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.
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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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