A battle between top-15 bantamweights is about to happen in July.
A number of individuals with information of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Preventing that Raphael Assuncao and Kyler Phillips will sq. off on the UFC’s occasion on July 24 in a location and venue but to be introduced.
Phillips initially introduced the reserving on his Instagram account.
Assuncao appears to get again on monitor after dropping his final three fights. The 38-year-old has suffered stoppage losses to Marlon Moraes and Cody Garbrandt, in addition to being on the unsuitable facet of a unanimous choice towards Cory Sandhagen. Assuncao, who was compelled to withdraw from a scheduled bout with Raoni Barcelos in February, has not received since incomes a call victory over Rob Font in July 2018.
Phillips entered the bantamweight rankings after a unanimous choice win over Song Yadong at UFC 259. “The Matrix” is now Three-Zero within the UFC, which additionally features a second-round TKO win over Cameron Else at UFC Fight Island 4.