UFC 306 has a brand new flyweight matchup.
On Tuesday, information broke that Kevin Borjas is out of his scheduled battle at UFC 306. As an alternative, Edgar Chairez now faces Joshua Van, who steps in as a short-notice substitute. The change was first reported by MMA Junkie and later confirmed by MMA Preventing.
One in all eight Mexican fighters competing on the occasion branded “Noche UFC,” Chairez additionally competed on the unique Noche UFC final yr, the place his bout with Daniel Lacerda resulted in a no contest following an error by referee Chris Tognoni. The 2 rematched earlier this yr at UFC Mexico City, with Chairez pulling off a first-round submission.
Nonetheless solely 22 years outdated, Van suffered the primary lack of his UFC profession when he was knocked out by Charles Johnson at UFC Denver in July. That defeat ended a three-fight win streak within the promotion, and now “Fearless” seems to get again on monitor at an occasion UFC CEO Dana White claims shall be “the greatest live sporting event of all-time.”
UFC 306 takes place on September 14 at Sphere in Las Vegas and shall be headlined by a bantamweight title battle between Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, whereas a ladies’s flyweight championship trilogy matchup between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko serves because the co-main occasion.
Mike Heck contributed to this report.
