Chris Curtis will face off against Anthony Hernandez at the Ultimate Fighting Championship event on September 16th.
MMAFighting.com He was the first to report the middleweight coupling. The card is expected to take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, headlined by the women’s flyweight title match between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko.
Curtis exits a no-contest UFC 289 bout against Nassourdine Imavov 3:04 into the second round due to an accidental clash of heads. Prior to that, “Action Man” dropped a three-round referee to Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 287. The 35-year-old Xtreme Couture member is 4-2 with no one contest in the Octagon and 30-10 as a pro overall.
After losing two of his UFC debuts, Hernandez has won four straight fights in the Las Vegas-based promotion. Most recently, “Fluffy” defeated Edman Shahbazian via third-round TKO at UFC Fight Night 223 on May 20.