A middleweight showdown pitting Chris
Curtis towards Nassourdine
Imavov is on faucet for UFC
289.
The promotion confirmed the reserving through social media on Wednesday.
UFC 289 takes place on the Rogers Heart in Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada, on June 10 and is headlined by championship
trilogy between Amanda
Nunes and Julianna
Pena.
Curtis is coming off a unanimous determination loss to Kelvin
Gastelum at UFC 287 on April 8. “The Motion Man” not too long ago mentioned
he would enchantment the defeat as a consequence of an unintended headbutt which will
have altered the course of the bout. A former CES MMA champion,
Curtis has compiled a 30-10 mark over the course of knowledgeable
tenure that started in 2009. He’s 4-2 in UFC competitors, with wins
over Joaquin
Buckley, Rodolfo
Vieira, Brendan
Allen and Phil
Hawes.
Imavov, in the meantime, had a three-bout Octagon successful streak snapped
in a unanimous determination loss to Curtis coaching associate Sean
Strickland within the UFC Struggle Night time 217 predominant occasion on Jan. 14.
Previous to that, the 28-year-old Frenchman had earned successive
victories over Ian
Heinisch, Edmen
Shahbazyan and Buckley within the Las Vegas-based promotion. The
MMA Manufacturing unit consultant is 12-4 since starting his professional profession
in 2016.