The UFC 312
lineup continues to take form with the addition of a light-weight
conflict between Tom Nolan and
Viacheslav
Borshchev and a featherweight tilt pitting Jack
Jenkins in opposition to Gabriel
Santos.
The Las Vegas-based promotion confirmed the pairings on Tuesday.
UFC 312 takes place on Feb. 8 at Qudos Financial institution Enviornment in Sydney,
Austraila, and is headlined by a middleweight title rematch between
Dricus Du
Plessis and Sean
Strickland. Within the co-main occasion, Weili Zhang
will defend her strawweight belt in opposition to Tatiana
Suarez.
After struggling his first profession defeat in his Octagon debut, Nolan
has rebounded with back-to-back triumphs over Victor
Martinez and Alex
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24-year-old Brisbane, Australia, native has gained eight of his 9
skilled outings, with 5 of these coming by way of KO or TKO.
Borshchev has skilled combined leads to the promotion since
incomes a contract on Dana White’s Contender Collection. The
32-year-old Group Alpha Male consultant is 3-3-1 within the Octagon,
together with a split-decision conquer James
Llontop in his most up-to-date look at UFC on ESPN 62 this
previous August.
A local of Melbourne, Australia, Jenkins has been victorious in
three of his first 4 UFC bouts. He’s coming off a third-round
technical knockout win in opposition to Herbert
Burns at UFC 305.
Brazil’s Santos earned his first promotional triumph at UFC Combat
Evening 242, when he outpointed Zha Yi on Sept.
7. The Legacy Preventing Alliance veteran started his tenure with
back-to-back losses in opposition to Lerone
Murphy and David
Onama.
