UFC on ESPN 72 books late addition on days' notice
A late addition has been tacked on to the bottom of Saturday’s UFC event in Las Vegas.
Opening the UFC on ESPN 72 prelims at the UFC Apex will be a clash between Cody Brundage and Eric McConico, the promotion recently announced.
Although both fighters typically compete at middleweight, the bout is scheduled for three rounds in the light heavyweight division, likely do to the bout’s short-notice nature.
Brundage (11-6-1 MMA, 5-5-1 UFC) has had wildly mixed results thus far in his UFC tenure. In his past four appearances, Brundage has registered one loss, one no contest, one win, and one draw. The draw was recently made official by Georgia after Brundage successfully appealed his technical decision loss to Mansur-Abdul Malik.
McConico (9-3-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) made his debut on short notice in February and was knocked out in Round 2 by Nursulton Ruziboev. The longtime MMA LAB team member had won five fights in a row prior to that.
With the addition, the UFC on ESPN 72 lineup includes:
- Roman Dolidze vs. Anthony Hernandez
- Steve Erceg vs. Ode Osbourne
- Angela Hill vs. Iasmin Lucindo
- Andre Fili vs. Christian Rodriguez
- Miles Johns vs. Jean Matsumoto
- Eryk Anders vs. Christian Leroy Duncan
- Raffael Cerqueira vs. Julius Walker
- Toshiomi Kazama vs. Elijah Smith
- Priscila Cachoeira vs. Joselyne Edwards
- Uros Medic vs. Gilbert Medina
- Gabriella Fernandes vs. Julija Stoliarenko
- Cody Brundage vs. Eric McConico
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Vegas 109 adds last-minute bout to fight card
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