A pair of welterweights will look to rebound at the UFC’s first event of 2021.
[autotag]Warlley Alves[/autotag] is set to fight [autotag]Christian Aguilera[/autotag] on Jan. 16 at UFC Fight Night, which does not yet have an announced location. A person with knowledge of the matchup confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie following an initial report from MMA Fighting.
“Ultimate Fighter Brazil” winner Alves (13-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) has lost two of his past three fights. After knocking out Sergio Moraes at UFC 237, Alves suffered a second-round submission loss to Randy Brown at UFC on ESPN+ 22 last November.
Aguilera (14-7 MMA, 1-1 UFC) saw his three-fight winning streak snapped in a submission loss to Sean Brady at UFC on ESPN+ 33. Prior to that, he knocked out Anthony Ivy in just 59 seconds in his UFC debut in June.
With the addition, the Jan. 16 lineup includes:
- Max Holloway vs. Calvin Kattar
- Brian Kelleher vs. Ricky Simon
- Jacob Kilburn vs. Austin Lingo
- Tim Elliott vs. Jordan Espinosa
- Carlos Felipe vs. Justin Tafa
- Punahele Soriano vs. Dusko Todorovic
- Sara McMann vs. Julianna Pena
- Anthony Hernandez vs. Rodolfo Vieira
- Christian Aguilera vs. Warlley Alves
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