The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has locked in a series of exciting fights for the mixed martial arts promotion’s upcoming fight cards.
As reported by MMA NYTT, strawweight warrior Felice Herrig has booked her next octagon performance. The news source reports that “Lil Bulldog” is now slated to take on Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 223.
The event is currently being targeted for April 7 inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
As reported by FloCombat, the long awaited octagon return of Al Iaquinta is now in the works. The fighter is reportedly booked to face off against Paul Felder at UFC 223.
The two fighters initially were set to face off at UFC 218 in 2017, but Iaquinta was forced off of the card due to an injury.
News source Red Fury MMA has reported that lightweights Evan Dunham and Mairbek Taisumov are now being targeted for UFC 223 as well.
Lastly, UFC lightweight Michael Chiesa has come forward to hint that he has a fight booked. The fighter is coming off of a first round submission loss to Kevin Lee from UFC Fight Night 112.
Taking to Instagram, Chiesa hinted that he has a fight lined up for a yet undisclosed event 12 weeks from now.
“Find what you love and let it kill you. #revengetour2018 #12weeks”