Austin Vanderford is lastly getting his shot within the UFC.
On Tuesday, MMA Preventing confirmed that Vanderford is stepping in on short-notice for a 175-pound catchweight bout towards Nikolay Veretennikov at this Saturday’s UFC Seattle card. Full Send MMA was first to report the information.
Vanderford competed on season two of Dana White’s Contender Collection however regardless of getting a submission win, was not awarded a contract. As a substitute, Vanderford signed with Bellator MMA the place he labored his method as much as a middleweight title shot towards Gegard Mousasi in 2022, shedding through TKO. Vanderford is maybe finest recognized for being the husband of former UFC fighter Paige VanZant, and lately the 2 campaigned for Vanderford to lastly get a possibility within the octagon.
Veretennikov can be a former Contender Collection competitor, shedding in Season 5 to Michael Morales. Veretennikov signed with the promotion final yr and misplaced a cut up determination to fellow Contender Collection product Danny Barlow in his debut.
UFC Seattle takes place this Saturday at Local weather Pledge Area and is headlined by a bantamweight bout between former two-division champion Henry Cejudo and Song Yadong.
Damon Martin contributed to this report.
