UFC broadcast partner, ESPNon Monday night, referring to President Dana White, reported that he is a two-time champion Henry Cejudo and Marlon Chito faith they will face August 19 in function UFC 292at TD Garden, in Boston.
there will be a fight on three roundson the same billboard headed by bantamweights aljamain sterling and Sean O’Malleywho are fighting for the title up to 135 pounds, according to the journalist Brett Okamoto.
The contracts have not been signed, but there are verbal agreements from both sides, ESPN details.
MMA addictmixed martial arts section USA todayensures that he has confirmed the news.
Let’s go. Cejudo vs. Chito was added at UFC 292 in Boston, according to Dana White. Three rounds, on the same card as Sterling, O’Malley fight for the title. It’s bantamweight night in Beantown, August 19th. pic.twitter.com/B8nMSDPWH4
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) June 20, 2023
also Chito Vera made progress last Friday that his next fight could be on August 19 against Cejud, because He denied that they offered to confront him Umar Nurmagomedov.
“When do I fight? Well, everyone knows, it could be August 19. He will probably fight against Cejudo. I was never offered Umar Nurmagomedov,” he said in a live TikTok broadcast.
The last presentation of the Ecuadorian took place on Saturday, March 25, in the star fight UFC San Antonioat the AT&T Center in San Antonio (Texas), vs Cory Sandhagenwho won by unanimous decision of the judges after five rounds.
For his part, Cejudo is coming off a failed title comeback bid last month at UFC 288, where he lost a split decision to champion Sterling.
It was the first fight Triple C after a three-year retirement.
On the other hand, Sandhagen (fourth) and Nurmagomedov (eleventh) will face off in UFC Nashvillehe August 5.
The UFC has not officially announced the match between the Ecuadorian and the American Olympic wrestling champion and two-time UFC champion, in different divisions.
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— CH🖕🏽 TO🇪🇨 VERA (@chitoveraUFC) June 20, 2023
Vera, 30, has a fighting record of 22-8-1 in MMA and 14-7 in the UFCand is currently in fifth place ranking bantam category.
Meanwhile, Cejudo (age 36) has a professional brand 16-3 in MMA and 10-3 in the UFCand is third in the ranking.
UFC 292 is headlined by a bantamweight title fight between O’Malley and Sterling, who is seeking his fourth consecutive belt defense.
The match between Vera and Cejud would be the third since the last night and before the match for the straw crown between the champion Zhang Weili and Amanda Lemos.
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