A heavyweight battle between Alexander Volkov and Curtis Blaydes is set to headline a June 20th card, per an announcement from UFC on Wednesday.
The announcement for the event did not disclose a location where the ranked heavyweight matchup would take place.
Blaydes, who is ranked third in the heavyweight division, last fought in January, stopping Junior dos Santos in the second round of what was scheduled for five rounds. The win was his third in a row, moving his UFC record to 8-2 and 1 NC.
Volkov’s last fight was in November, being a decision win over Greg Hardy. Being absent for a year prior, Volkov bounced back from a brutal buzzer-beating knockout loss from Derrick Lewis. Volkov looks to climb in the rankings with the win, currently seated in seventh place in the division.
The card now has nine bouts in total scheduled. Here’s how it looks so far:
Bout 9: Curtis Blaydes (13-2) vs. Alexander Volkov (31-7) (Heavyweight)
Bout 8: Josh Emmett (15-2) vs. Shane Burgos (13-1) (Featherweight)
Bout 7: Raquel Pennington (10-8) vs. Marion Reneau (9-5-1) (Bantamweight)
Bout 6: Cortney Casey (9-7) vs. Gillian Robertson (7-4) (Flyweight)
Bout 5: Tecia Torres (10-5) vs. Brianna Van Buren (9-2 (Strawweight)
Bout 4: Marc-Andre Barriault (11-4) vs. Oskar Piechota (11-3-1) (Middleweight)
Bout 3: Roxanne Modafferi (24-16) vs. Lauren Murphy (12-4) (Flyweight)
Bout 2: Lyman Good (21-5) vs. Belal Muhammad (16-3) (Welterweight)
Bout 1: Frank Camacho (22-8) vs. Matt Frevola (8-1-1) (Middleweight)
