A brand new featherweight battle has been added to UFC 320 with one-time interim title challenger Josh Emmett taking over Youssef Zalal on the cardboard happening Oct. 4 from the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
The matchup was introduced throughout the UFC Shanghai broadcast on Saturday.
A stalwart within the featherweight rankings, Emmett makes an attempt to get again on monitor when he returns to motion in October following a call loss to Lerone Murphy in his final outing. General Emmett has gone simply 1-3 in his previous 4 fights, though his further losses got here to former featherweight champion Ilia Topuria and interim champ Yair Rodriguez.
In the course of that run, Emmett scored probably the most devastating knockouts in UFC historical past when he demolished Bryce Mitchell again in 2023.
As for Zalal, he’ll take a giant step ahead in his profession whereas trying to construct on a seven battle win streak within the 145-pound division. Most not too long ago, Zalal picked up a call win over Calvin Kattar after his earlier six wins all got here by knockout or submission.
Emmett vs. Zalal joins the lineup at UFC 320 with a brand new most important card formally revealed for the present with a pair of title fights on the high as Magomed Ankalaev faces Alex Pereira with the sunshine heavyweight strap going up for grabs, whereas Merab Dvalishvili defends his bantamweight championship in opposition to Cory Sandhagen.
MAIN EVENT: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Alex Pereira
CO-MAIN EVENT: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Cory Sandhagen
Jiri Prochazka vs. Khalil Rountree Jr.
Josh Emmett vs. Youssef Zalal
Abus Magomedov vs. Joe Pyfer
