The UFC has added three new bouts to its March 8 pay-per-view present in Las Vegas, together with the return of The Final Fighter featherweight winner Mairon Santos towards Francis Marshall. The cardboard additionally added Alex Morono battling Carlos Leal at welterweight in addition to flyweights Bruno Silva and Joshua Van assembly in March.
MMA Preventing confirmed the match-ups following latest experiences by Ag. Fight and Octagon Updates.
The UFC has but to announce the headlining attraction for UFC 313, which is scheduled to happen on the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Santos (14-1) made his method to the TUF 32 closing with determination wins over Edwin Cooper Jr. and Guillermo Torres earlier than knocking out Kaan Ofli to assert the trophy.
Marshall (8-2) returns to motion after bringing his UFC report to 2-2 with a break up determination victory over Dennis Buzukja in August 2024.
Morono (24-11, 1 no contest) has his again towards the wall after shedding 4 of his previous six within the UFC, together with choices to Niko Price and Daniel Rodriguez in his most up-to-date octagon appearances.
Leal (21-6) appears to be like for his first UFC victory after changing Nursulton Ruziboev on quick discover to debut towards Rinat Fakhretdinov at UFC 308, shedding a choice. That was his first setback since leaving the PFL in 2023.
Lastly, Van (12-2) appears to be like to construct on his two battle win streak over Cody Durden and Edgar Chairez when he returns in March. He faces Silva (14-6-2, 1 no contest), who suffered a knockout loss to Manel Kape on the latest UFC Tampa occasion, which ended his four-fight win streak.
Damon Martin and Mike Heck contributed to this report.
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