UFC 316 has a brand new struggle.
The UFC announced Monday that MarQuel Mederos (10-1) is booked to struggle newcomer Mark Choinski (8-0) in a light-weight bout on the preliminary portion of this Saturday’s pay-per-view, which takes place at Prudential Middle in Newark, N.J.
Eurosport was first to report the matchup.
Mederos was scheduled to struggle Bolaji Oki this previous Saturday at UFC Vegas 107, however withdrew as a consequence of an sickness. Oki as an alternative went on to defeat short-notice alternative Michael Aswell. The character of Mederos’ sickness shouldn’t be identified, however he’s match to return only a week later and appears to enhance to 3-0 within the UFC after scoring back-to-back choice wins over Austin Hubbard and Landon Quinones.
Choinski is undefeated in eight professional bouts, having competed most not too long ago for Anthony Pettis FC. He submitted John Ramirez in his most up-to-date outing and has been pulled from a scheduled APFC bout in opposition to Zach Zane on June 15 to make his UFC debut.
UFC 316 is headlined by a males’s bantamweight championship rematch between Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O’Malley. Two-time girls’s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña defends her title in opposition to Kayla Harrison within the co-main occasion.
See the up to date lineup under.
Principal Card (ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET)
Merab Dvalishvili vs. Sean O’Malley
Julianna Peña vs. Kayla Harrison
Vicente Luque vs. Kevin Holland
Preliminaries (ESPN, ESPN+, Disney+ at 8 p.m. ET)
Azamat Murzakanov vs. Brendson Ribeiro
Serghei Spivac vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta
Khaos Williams vs. Andreas Gustafsson
Early Prelims (ESPN+, Disney+ at 6 p.m. ET)
Quillan Salkilld vs. Yanal Ashmouz
MarQuel Mederos vs. Mark Choinski
