March 16, 2023 1: 00 pm ET
Lightweight notables are space to collide at UFC 288 in Newark, N.J..
After both fighters called for matchups in opposition to Paddy Pimblett, Drew Dober and Matt Frevola will as a replace fight every diverse. The occasion takes convey Would possibly per chance well perchance additionally 6 at Prudential Heart and is the promotion’s first time out to Fresh Jersey since 2019.
Two folk with files of the matchup currently instructed MMA Junkie of the reserving but asked to live anonymous because the promotion has yet to invent an respectable announcement.
Dober (26-11 MMA, 12-7 UFC) turned his momentum around in 2022. He entered the three hundred and sixty five days on a two-fight skid and exited on a 3-fight a success whisk that incorporated TKO victories over Terrance McKinney, Rafael Alves, and Bobby Green.
Frevola (10-3-1 MMA, 4-3-1 UFC) has received two fights in a row after befriend-to-befriend losses. In January 2022, Frevola stopped Genaro Valdez with strikes in Round 1 at UFC 270. In November, he knocked out previously undefeated Ottman Azaitar in 2: 30 at UFC 281.
With the addition, the latest UFC 288 lineup comprises:
- Champion Aljamain Sterling vs. Henry Cejudo – for bantamweight title
- Charles Oliveira vs. Beneil Dariush
- Bryce Mitchell vs. Jonathan Pearce
- Jessica Andrade vs. Yan Xiaonan
- Charles Jourdain vs. Kron Gracie
- Marina Rodriguez vs. Virna Jandiroba
- Drew Dober vs. Matt Frevola
- Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Devin Clark
- Andre Petroski vs. Armen Petrosyan
- Nate Maness vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
- Khaos Williams vs. Rolando Bedoya
- Daniel Santos vs. Johnny Munoz
For more on the card, search the advice of with MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for UFC 288.
