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Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Marc Diakese in the works for UFC Columbus

A lightweight fight is on tap for UFC Columbus.

A lightweight fight is on tap for UFC Columbus.

[autotag]Viacheslav Borshchev[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Marc Diakese[/autotag] is in the works for the UFC Fight Night event on March 26 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus Ohio. Two people with knowledge of the situation informed MMA Junkie of the lightweight matchup on Friday but asked to remain anonymous since the promotion hasn’t made an announcement.

Borshchev (6-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) will look to maintain the momentum of his promotional debut two weeks ago when he stopped Dakota Bush in the first round with a liver shot. Borshchev is riding a four-fight winning streak, which also includes a knockout win last October on Dana White’s Contender Series.

Diakese (14-5 MMA, 5-5 UFC) will enter the fighting seeking to snap a two-fight skid. He’s coming off back-to-back losses to Rafael Fiziev by decision and most recently a first-round submission against Rafael Alves this past Novemer. Diakese is 2-5 since opening his career 12-0.

With the addition, the UFC Columbus lineup includes:

  • Aleksandar Rakic vs. opponent TBA
  • Amanda Ribas vs. Michelle Waterson
  • Sara McMann vs. Karol Rosa
  • Askar Askarov vs. Kai Kara-France
  • Bryan Barberena vs. Matt Brown
  • Alexa Grasso vs. Joanne Wood
  • Max Griffin vs. Neil Magny
  • Seungwoo Choi vs. Tucker Lutz
  • Danaa Batgerel vs. Montel Jackson
  • David Dvorak vs. Matheus Nicolau
  • Aliaskhab Khizriev vs. Abusupiyan Magomedov
  • Nate Landwehr vs. Lerone Murphy
  • Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Marc Diakiese

UFC on ESPN+ 30 bonuses: Deiveson Figueiredo’s title victory nets extra $50K

Deiveson Figueiredo’s performance at UFC on ESPN+ 30 netted a championship belt — and some extra cash.

[autotag]Deiveson Figueiredo[/autotag]’s performance at UFC on ESPN+ 30 was a tour de force, as he dominated his main event fight against [autotag]Joseph Benavidez[/autotag] from wire to wire to claim the vacant UFC flyweight title.

So it should come as little surprise Figueiredo (19-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) also takes home one of the four post-fight performance bonuses Saturday night. Figueiredo’s technical submission of Benavidez at 4:48 of the opening round earned him a “Performance of the Night” bonus, which means he earns an extra $50,000 for his efforts. It was the second postfight bonus of his UFC career.

Also earning “Performance of the Night” honors was [autotag]Ariane Lipski[/autotag], who scored a memorable kneebar submission victory over Luna Carolina on the undercard. The 88-second win for Lipski (13-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) was her second in a row, and the “POTN” was her first postfight award.

“Fight of the Night” honors went to a lightweight main card bout between [autotag]Rafael Fiziev [/autotag]and [autotag]Marc Diakese[/autotag]. Fiziev took the unanimous decision after an entertaining 15 minutes of action, but both go home $50K richer. Diakese (14-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC) had his second career postfight bonus, while Fiziev (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) takes home his first.

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