Payton Talbott has a reputation and date for his return to the octagon.
The undefeated UFC bantamweight prospect takes on veteran Raoni Barcelos at UFC 311 – the promotion’s first pay-per-view of 2025, which is about to go down on Jan. 18 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.
UFC formally introduced the battle Saturday. MMA Preventing was first to report the matchup.
Talbott (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is coming off his quickest profession win, a 19-second knockout of Yanis Ghemmouri at UFC 303 again in June. The 26-year-old fighter is considered the most effective prospects in the present day at 125 kilos. Talbott has additionally gained two back-to-back $50,000 Efficiency of the Night time bonuses in his final two performances.
Alternatively, his opponent, Barcelos (18-5 MMA, 7-4 UFC), is coming off a submission win over Cristian Quiñonez again in February. The win snapped a two-fight shedding streak for the 37-year-old veteran, who’s 2-4 in his previous six journeys to the octagon.
The present UFC 311 lineup contains:
Jamahal Hill vs. Jiri Prochazka
Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder
Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac
Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira
Muin Gafurov vs. Rinya Nakamura
Bogdan Guskov vs. Johnny Walker
Ailin Perez vs. Karol Rosa
Sedriques Dumas vs. Zach Reese
Raoni Barcelos vs. Payton Talbott
Bernardo Sopaj vs. Ricky Turcios
For extra on the cardboard, go to MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for UFC 311.
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