Two veteran bantamweights will throw down on the UFC Apex.
At UFC Battle Night time 254 on March 15, Da’Mon Blackshear and Cody Gibson will purpose to construct off current wins after they battle one another in Las Vegas.
Two folks with data of the matchup just lately knowledgeable MMA Junkie of the matchup however requested to stay nameless because the promotion has but to make an official announcement.
Blacksear (15-7-1 MMA, 3-1-1 UFC) snapped a two-fight skid in November when he tapped Cody Stamann within the first spherical. He moved to 3-2 in his most up-to-date 5. That stretch features a 2023 Submission of the 12 months candidate tornado in opposition to Jose Johnson.
Gibson (21-10 MMA, 3-5 UFC) is on the primary UFC profitable streak in his second promotional stint. After a 1-3 stretch with the promotion from 2014 to 2015, Gibson returned in 2023 as a bantamweight finalist of “The Final Fighter 31.” Although he misplaced to Brad Katona within the closing, the bout earned Battle of the Night time honors. Since a loss to Miles Johns, Gibson has received back-to-back fights in opposition to Brian Kelleher and Chad Anheliger.
With the addition, the UFC Battle Night time 254 lineup consists of:
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Ryan Spann
Daniel Barez vs. Andre Lima
Yuneisy Duben vs. Carli Judice
Sam Hughes vs. Stephanie Luciano
Diyar Nurgozhay vs. Brendson Ribeiro
Da’Mon Blackshear vs. Cody Gibson
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