Belal Muhammad makes the primary protection of his welterweight title towards Shavkat Rakhmonov in the primary occasion at UFC 310 scheduled on Dec. 7 from the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas.
The co-main occasion can be set as Alexandre Pantoja places his flyweight title up for grabs towards former RIZIN champion Kai Asakura, who’s making his octagon debut with an opportunity to change into champion in his first struggle with the promotion.
UFC CEO Dana White announced the fights on Saturday.
Muhammad returns to motion after a dominant efficiency over Leon Edwards to change into champion again in July. It was a very long time coming for Muhammad after he went on a ten struggle unbeaten streak earlier than getting his alternative at changing into champion.
As for Rakhmonov, the undefeated welterweight wrecking machine comes into the title struggle with an ideal 18-0 file and a exceptional 100% ending fee. Rakhmonov has truly solely seen the third spherical two occasions throughout his profession and now he’ll look so as to add Muhammad to his resume in an try at profitable the UFC title.
In the meantime, Pantoja returns for the third protection of his flyweight title after dispatching Steve Erceg again in Could at UFC 301. He faces a novel problem from Asakura, who comes into the struggle with a 21-4 file, together with 13 wins by knockout.
Asakura will get the uncommon alternative to struggle for a UFC title in his octagon debut after racking up notable wins over names like Kyoji Horiguchi, Manel Kape and Juan Archuleta whereas competing for RIZIN in Japan.
Along with the primary and co-main occasions, Nick Diaz additionally makes his return to motion towards Vicente Luque after the welterweights have been initially scheduled to fulfill again in August however the matchup was delayed.
Additionally on the cardboard, Ciryl Gane clashes with Alexander Volkov in a pivotal matchup within the UFC heavyweight division.
Beforehand introduced matchups for UFC 310 embody undefeated featherweight Movsar Evloev taking up Aljamain Sterling and Anthony Smith going through off with fellow former title challenger Dominick Reyes.
UFC 310 goes down Dec. 7 from Las vegas within the ultimate pay-per-view card for the promotion in 2024.
