Nassourdine Imavov and Kelvin Gastelum was scheduled to fight at UFC Vegas 67. Photo via UFC
On Saturday January 14, UFC returns with their first event of 2023.
UFC Vegas 67 will take place at the Apex in Las Vegas and was supposed to be headlined by a middleweight five-rounder between Nassourdine Imavov and Kelvin Gastelum.
However, No. 13 Gastelum was forced to withdraw from the fight due to a mouth injury, and No. 7 ranked Sean Strickland came to the rescue to step in against Imavov on short notice.
No. 12 ranked Imavov rides a three-fight winning streak and comes from a win against Joaquin Buckley at UFC Paris.
In the featherweight co-main event, No. 13 ranked Dan Ige will take on Damon Jackson, who aims to break into the rankings if he wins his fifth fight in a row.
The main card also features a highly interesting women’s bantamweight bout between No. 2 ranked Ketlen Vieira and No. 5 ranked Raquel Pennington, as well as the return of undefeated bantamweight Umar Nurmagomedov.