Our compatriot will try to continue the path of victory in the highest category of mixed martial arts.
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The 2023 UFC season has brought us epic battles and great champions like Alexa Grasso, Alexander Volkanovski or Leon Edwards, and before the year is over it has already been announced which first card of 2024 our compatriot will take part in. Gaston Bolañoswho has already debuted in the highest category of mixed martial arts and is aiming for a new victory.
As for the Peruvian fighter, who signed his professional contract with the UFC after nine fights in Bellator, he debuted last April in Kansas City with a huge victory against Aaron Phillips by unanimous decision and will fight again in 2024 against the American Marcus Mcghee in the bantamweight fight .
The Peruvian fighter's fight is scheduled for next Saturday, January 13th, starting at 7:00 p.m. (local time) at UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. This duel will be broadcast via the Star Plus streaming platform.
Cartelera UFC Fight Night
Stellar
- Magomed Ankalaev vs. Johnny Walker
- Matheus Nicolau vs. Manel Kape
- Jim Miller vs. Gabriel Benitez
- Ketlen Vieira vs. Macy Chiasson
- Ricky Simon vs. Mario Bautista
- Phil Hawes vs Brunno Ferreira.
Provisionally
- Andrei Arlovski vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta
- Bassil Hafez vs Preston Parsons
- Marcus Mcghee vs. Gaston Bolaños
- Yana Santos vs. Norma Dumont
- Farid Basharat vs. Taylor Lapilus
- Gabriel Santos vs. Westin Wilson
- Nikolas Motta vs. Tom Nolan
- Felipe Bunes vs. Denys Bondar.
Poster of the Peruvian struggle. Photo: UFC
Who were UFC champions in 2023?
- Alexandre Pantoja: World flyweight champion
- Sean O'Malley: Bantamweight champion
- Alexander Volkanovski: Featherweight world champion
- Islam Makhachev: Lightweight champion
- Leon Edwards: Welterweight champion
- Sean Strickland: Middleweight champion
- Alex Pereira: Light heavyweight champion
- Jon Jones: Fullweight champion
- Tom Aspinall: Interim fullweight champion
- Zhang Weili: Featherweight world champion
- Alexa Grasso: World flyweight champion.
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