Lukasz Brzeski and Ryan Spann meet at UFC 318 in what may find yourself being a loser leaves city match in New Orleans.
A number of sources near the state of affairs confirmed the sunshine heavyweight fighters have agreed to satisfy on July 19. MMAjunkie first reported the information.
UFC 318 is topped by Lafayette’s personal Dustin Poirier making his retirement struggle towards Max Holloway for the “BMF” championship.
Spann (22-11) makes an attempt to get again on monitor after dropping to Waldo Cortes-Acosta through second-round knockout this previous March, a defeat that dropped “Superman’s” total UFC file to 8-6.
A person that after noticed himself on a excessive with fast finishes over Ion Cutelaba and Dominick Reyes in 2022, Spann has now misplaced 4 of his previous 5 since, three of these by the use of stoppage. The only real victory over that time frame was a bonus-winning guillotine towards Ovince Saint Preux in October 2024.
Brzeski (9-6-1, 1 NC) finds himself in a extra determined state of affairs within the promotion after successful in solely one in all his seven journeys to the octagon, together with his Dana White’s Contender Collection shot that resulted in a no-contest after a drug test failure prompted his win to be overturned.
The Polish expertise was nonetheless signed by the UFC regardless of the constructive check for clomiphene, and misplaced three in a row to Martin Buday, Karl Williams and Cortes-Acosta earlier than edging a call over Valter Walker. Brzeski was featured in pay-per-view line-ups after that, a pair of first-round defeats to Mick Parkin and Kennedy Nzechukwu.
Damon Martin and Mike Heck contributed to this report.
