A bantamweight bout is the latest addition to UFC Fight Night on July 17.
At the UFC Fight Night event, LFA bantamweight champion [autotag]Miles Johns[/autotag] will return to the cage to fight [autotag]Anderson Dos Santos[/autotag]. The card doesn’t currently have a publicly known location or venue.
Two people with knowledge of the situation informed MMA Junkie of the boking Monday but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.
Johns (11-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) split his appearances in 2020. After he suffered his first professional loss to Mario Bautista at UFC 247 in February, Johns bounced back with a massive knockout in his October 31 bout. Johns picked up his first promotional finish when he folded newcomer Kevin Natividad with a massive uppercut in Round 3.
Dos Santos (21-8 MMA, 1-2 UFC) lost back-to-back unanimous decisions to kick off his UFC tenure but was victorious in his third promotional attempt. On Nov. 28, Dos Santos secured his first UFC victory with a first-round guillotine-choke submission of Martin Day.
With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for July 17 includes:
- Marion Reneau vs. Miesha Tate
- Amir Albazi vs. Ode Osbourne
- Sergey Morozov vs. Khalid Taha
- Guram Kutateladze vs. Don Madge
- Cameron Else vs. Aaron Phillips
- Herbert Burns vs. Billy Quarantillo
- Francisco Figueiredo vs. Malcolm Gordon
- Anderson Dos Santos vs. Miles Johns