Dan Ige will return to the cage subsequent month and can battle a surging contender as a part of UFC’s subsequent journey into Texas. Ige will conflict with Melquizael Costa at UFC Houston, which transpires on February twenty first. UFC Combat Night time 267 emanates from the Toyota Middle.
Costa authored 4 emphatic wins final yr and improved his UFC-specific document to 6-2 with this looming bout with ’50 Okay’ being his greatest take a look at within the octagon up to now. That 2025 run was bookended by a pair of finishes over Andre Fili and Morgan Charrière with a guillotine choke and head kick, respectively. In between that stretch, Costa recorded a pair of unanimous choice wins over Julian Erosa and Christian Rodriguez.
For Ige, the goal is to return to profitable methods on the heels of a loss to Patricio Pitbull final July at UFC 318. Previous to that loss to the previous multi-division Bellator MMA champion, Ige had authored a win over Sean Woodson through strikes within the third spherical of their UFC 314 battle.
Previous to that Woodson win, although, Dan Ige had setbacks in opposition to Diego Lopes in addition to Lerone Murphy with the goal of regaining his footing among the many ranked contenders at 145 kilos.
Dan Ige vs. Melquizael Costa and the UFC Houston lineup to date
Dan Ige throwing down with Melquizael Costa represents a consequential contest within the featherweight ranks, however that’s not the one intriguing bout at UFC Houston.
Within the headlining spot of this UFC FN providing, former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland seems to be to carve out a path working his manner again to the gold. To take action, the polarizing pugilist should get by the quantity four-ranked contender at 185 kilos, Anthony Hernandez.
Ante Delija versus Serghei Spivac may also happen within the coming weeks, with this conflict pitting the quantity 9 and quantity seven-ranked contenders at heavyweight, respectively. The remaining fights on UFC Houston, as of this writing, could be seen under:
Alibi Idiris vs. Ode Osbourne
Michel Pereira vs. Zach Reese
Alden Coria vs. Luis Gurule
Seok Hyeon Ko vs. Jacobe Smith
Nora Cornolle vs. Joselyne Edwards
Yadier del Valle vs. Jordan Leavitt
