With only a few days left until Saturday’s pay-per-view event UFC 252, the card has gotten a last-minute addition of a bout between Kai Kamaka III and Tony Kelley. News of the late booking was first reported by Nolan King of MMA Junkie.
The fight will be a debut for both rising featherweights. It’s a quick turnaround for Kamaka III, who last competed on July 31st. Kamaka III’s last fight was on an LFA card, getting a decision victory over Michael Stack. The fight moved the Hawaii-based fighter to five-straight wins, including a couple in Bellator.
On the flipside, Kelley will be having his first fight in over a year. His last win came in May of 2019, where he stopped Andy Brossett in the first round with a guillotine choke. Kelley has fought as a pro since 2013, with his only loss in six fights being against now-UFC fighter Kevin Aguilar.
UFC 252 has maintains 11 bouts currently, as the show has added and lost matchups. Set to headline the pay-per-view event is a trilogy fight between UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier. Here’s how the card looks now.
Main Card (10:00PM EDT / 7:00PM PDT) (PPV)
Bout 11: Stipe Miocic (19-3) vs. Daniel Cormier (22-2) (UFC Heavyweight Championship)
Bout 10: Sean O’Malley (12-0) vs. Marlon Vera (17-6-1) (Bantamweight)
Bout 9: Junior dos Santos (21-7) vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruick (10-1) (Heavyweight)
Bout 8: John Dodson (21-11) vs. Merab Dvalishvili (11-4) (Bantamweight)
Bout 7: Magomed Ankalaev (13-1) vs. Ion Cutelaba (15-5) (Light Heavyweight)
Preliminary Card (6:00PM EDT / 3:00PM PDT) (ESPN)
Bout 6: Jim Miller (32-14) vs. Vinc Pichel (12-2) (Lightweight)
Bout 5: Livinha Souza (13-2) vs. Ashley Yoder (7-5) (Strawweight)
Bout 4: Felice Herrig (14-8) vs. Virna Jandiroba (15-1) (Strawweight)
Bout 3: Herbert Burns (11-2) vs. Daniel Pineda (26-13) (Featherweight)
Bout 2: TJ Brown (14-7) vs. Danny Chavez (10-3) (Featherweight)
Bout 1: Kai Kamaka III (7-2) vs. Tony Kelley (5-1) (Featherweight)
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