Rising welterweight Muslim Salikhov will attempt to keep his win streak alive when facing Michel Pereira at UFC’s January 15th event. The fight, which was first reported to be in the works by MMA Fighting, was confirmed by Farah Hannoun of MMA Junkie on Friday.
The bout joins a UFC card that doesn’t have a confirmed location at the moment.
Salikhov has gone undefeated in his past five bouts, having built on the streak since 2018. He defeated Francisco Trinaldo in his last appearance, taking the veteran to a unanimous decision result in June.
Pereira is currently on a strong three-fight winning streak, putting together a consistent string of wins after only winning one of his first three fights in the promotion.
Pereira earned his most recent win in July, going three rounds against Niko Price for a scorecard victory.
UFC’s January 15th card is currently set to be headlined by Calvin Kattar and Giga Chikadze. Here’s the updated lineup:
Bout 11: Calvin Kattar (22-5) vs. Giga Chikadze (14-2) (Featherweight)
Bout 10: Kleydson Rodrigues (7-1) vs. Zarrukh Adashev (4-3) (Flyweight)
Bout 9: Joanderson Brito (12-2-1) vs. Bill Algeo (14-6) (Featherweight)
Bout 8: Brandon Royval (12-6) vs. Rogerio Bontorin (17-3) (Flyweight)
Bout 7: Jasmine Jasudavicius (6-1) vs. Kay Hansen (7-4) (Flyweight)
Bout 6: Brian Kelleher (23-12) vs. Saidyokub Kakhramonov (9-2) (Bantamweight)
Bout 5: Joaquin Buckley (13-4) vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan (11-4) (Middleweight)
Bout 4: Katlyn Chookagian (16-4) vs. Jennifer Maia (19-7-1) (Flyweight)
Bout 3: Ashley Yoder (8-8) vs. Vanessa Demopoulos (6-4) (Flyweight)
Bout 2: Dakota Bush (8-3) vs. Viacheslav Borshchev (5-1) (Lightweight)
Bout 1: Michel Pereira (26-11) vs. Muslim Salikhov (18-2) (Welterweight)
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