Middleweight finishers Ikram Aliskerov and Brunno Ferreira have agreed to fulfill contained in the octagon at UFC 318, the upcoming pay-per-view present scheduled for July 19 in New Orleans.
A number of folks with information of the reserving confirmed the information to MMA Preventing following a report from Laerte Viana.
Aliskerov (16-2) made brief work of Andre Muniz in his most up-to-date octagon look in April, stopping the jiu-jitsu ace with a left hook with seconds left within the opening spherical.
The Russian expertise was coming off the primary setback of his UFC profession by the hands of former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker, and now holds a UFC document of 3-1 with all wins coming by means of first-round knockout.
Ferreira (13-2) additionally has a one hundred pc ending charge within the sport, together with his 4 UFC victories. “Hulk” made a reputation for himself by dismantling Gregory Rodrigues in a single spherical again in 2023, and likewise stopped Phil Hawes and Dustin Stoltzfus within the ultimate seconds of the opening spherical. The 32-year-old Brazilian just lately rebounded from a 2024 submission loss to Abus Magomedov with a second-round armbar victory towards Armen Petrosyan in March.
UFC 318 takes place at Smoothie King Heart and options the retirement bout of Louisiana’s personal Dustin Poirier in the primary occasion, the place he clahes with Max Holloway for the “BMF” title.
Damon Martin contributed to this report.
