The UFC’s featherweight division retains transferring ahead.
It’s a breath of recent air at 145lbs as new champion Ilia Topuria took the throne from the reigning Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298. One of the best saved combating the very best afterwards as Brian Ortega submitted Yair Rodriguez to cement his place amongst prime contenders alongside Movsar Evloev.
High-ranked contenders Arnold Allen and Giga Chikadze are proper on the heels of the highest 5 they usually’ll look to work their method up the ladder with a win over the opposite. The featherweights are scheduled to struggle on July 20, in accordance with a report from Setanta Sports activities on Tuesday. A location has but to be introduced for this UFC occasion.
🚨 Per my sources, Giga Chikadze will struggle Arnold Allen at UFC occasion on July twentieth. 🇬🇪
Location remains to be TBD. pic.twitter.com/JZdo4v34rB
— Giorgi Kokiashvili 🇬🇪 (@iHeartGeorgius1) March 26, 2024
There’s a primary time for every thing and for the ‘Almighty’ Allen, he’s by no means misplaced back-to-back fights earlier than… till now. As soon as on the verge of a title shot, Allen misplaced over the space to former champ Max Holloway and the aforementioned Evloev in his final outing at UFC 297.
Earlier than the setbacks, the 30 year-old pieced collectively a formidable 12-fight win streak, making him one of many brightest prospects the division has ever seen. Allen will attempt to regain his momentum together with his again now in opposition to the wall.
Chikadze had his fair proportion of hype as effectively, early on into his UFC profession. Getting into the Octagon in 2019, Chikadze gained his first seven fights within the promotion and was probably a win away from a title shot in opposition to Volkanovski. Nonetheless, Calvin Kattar pumped the brakes on that, giving the Georgian his first UFC loss in Jan. 2022.
We wouldn’t see Chikadze come again till a 12 months and a half later, the place he scored a choice win over Alex Caceres in August.
Will Giga Chikadze make it two wins in a row or will Arnold Allen rebound from the worst skid of his profession?
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