Mounir Lazzez will make his return to action at UFC’s April 16th show, facing Elizeu Zaleski in a welterweight bout. News of this new matchup was first reported by Guilherme Cruz of MMA Fighting.
The fight is joining an event that doesn’t have a confirmed location at the moment.
Lazzez took his first UFC loss in early 2021, suffering a first-round stoppage loss to Warlley Alves. He previously had a three-fight winning streak which included one prior bout in the promotion.
Zaleski is coming off a win over UFC newcomer Benoit Saint-Denis last year, fighting to a brutal unanimous decision win over him.
A win in April for Zaleski would break his six-fight pattern of winning and then losing a fight right after.
Rising welterweights Vicente Luque and Belal Muhammad are the current main event for UFC’s April 16th show. Here is how the card looks currently:
Bout 8: Vicente Luque (21-7-1) vs. Belal Muhammad (20-3) (Welterweight)
Bout 7: Drakkar Klose (11-2-1) vs. Brandon Jenkins (15-8) (Lightweight)
Bout 6: Miguel Baeza (10-2) vs. Dhiego Lima (15-9) (Welterweight)
Bout 5: Rafa Garcia (13-2) vs. Jesse Ronson (21-10) (Welterweight)
Bout 4: Chris Barnett (22-7) vs. Martin Buday (9-1) (Heavyweight)
Bout 3: Lina Lansberg (10-5) vs. Pannie Kianzad (15-6) (Bantamweight)
Bout 2: Uriah Hall (17-10) vs. Andre Muniz (22-4) (Middleweight)
Bout 1: Melsik Baghdasaryan (7-1) vs. TJ Laramie (12-4) (Featherweight)
Bout 1: Elizeu Zaleski (23-7) vs. Mounir Lazzez (10-2) (Welterweight)
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