Sodiq Yusuff is ready to return to the octagon for the primary time in over a 12 months.
A number of folks with data of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Combating that Yusuff will face Mairon Santos at UFC Vegas 106, which takes place Could 17 on the UFC APEX in Las Vegas.
The matchup takes place at light-weight because of the short-notice nature of the reserving, though Yusuff has teased a everlasting light-weight transfer on social media.
Yusuff final competed at UFC 300 a 12 months in the past, the place he was stopped by latest featherweight title challenger Diego Lopes within the first spherical. “Tremendous” enters the bout on a two-fight skid, together with a call loss to Edson Barboza in the principle occasion of UFC Vegas 81 in October 2023.
Santos is shifting up a weight class for the bout after successful his first two octagon appearances. The Final Fighter season 32 champion not too long ago earned a cut up determination nod over Francis Marshall at UFC 313 in March.
UFC Vegas 106 is headlined by a welterweight conflict between Gilbert Burns and Michael Morales.
