A type of proverbial bouts with “Battle of the Night time written throughout it” seems to be headed to UFC 289.
A featherweight combat between Nate Landwehr (17-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and Dan Ige (16-6 MMA, 8-5 UFC) is being focused for UFC 289 this summer time. Folks with information of the reserving confirmed the deliberate matchup to MMA Junkie on Thursday following an preliminary report from MMA Preventing.
UFC 289 is about for June 10. Though a location and venue has not but been introduced, the cardboard is rumored to be headed to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The primary card will air on pay-per-view following prelims anticipated for ESPN and ESPN+.
Landwehr is simply 5 days faraway from a Efficiency of the Night time submission of Austin Lingo at UFC on ESPN 43. It was his third straight win and third straight post-fight bonus award after a call over David Onama in August 2022 and a submission of Ludovit Klein in October 2021.
Ige bounced again from a three-fight skid of determination losses with a bonus-winning knockout of Damon Jackson in January. Earlier than that, he was on the improper facet of the scorecards towards Chan Sung Jung, Josh Emmett and Movsar Evloev to halt the momentum of a run that noticed him win seven of eight fights.
With the addition, UFC 289 now contains:
David Dvorak vs. Matt Schnell
Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Miranda Maverick
Eryk Anders vs. Marc-Andre Barriault
Diana Belbita vs. Maria Oliveira
Blake Bilder vs. Kyle Nelson
Dan Ige vs. Nate Landwehr