A pair of UFC lightweights will look to snap their losing streak in May.
MMA Junkie was first to report the news that Yancy Medeiros will step in for Nikolas Motta and fight Damir Hadzovic on May 22 at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt. Medeiros would confirm the news on his Instagram.
Medeiros (15-7-1) is looking to get back into the win column in May. He is on a three-fight losing streak – the first of his career. The Hawaiian only fight once in 2020 before the pandemic at UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Błachowicz 2. He lost to Lando Vannata. Medeiros will most likely be fighting for his job come May.
Hadzovic (13-6) will also be looking to get back in the win column and snap his two-fight losing streak. The Danish fight was last in action at UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira, the last fight card before the sports world shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was submitted in 44 seconds by Renato Moicano, which led to a comical conversation after the fight. A year prior, he was defeated by Christos Giagos, who snapped his two-fight winning streak. Hadzovic hasn’t had the best run in the UFC thus far but will be looking to change that.
UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt is expected to occur at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and will most likely be broadcast on ESPN+.
With the latest addition, the May 22 fight card now looks like this:
- Cody Garbrandt vs. Rob Font
- Felicia Spencer vs. Danyelle Wolf
- Xionan Yan vs. Carla Esparza
- David Dvorak vs. Raulian Paiva
- Denys Bondar vs. Victor Rodriguez
- Rodrigo Nascimento vs. Alan Baudot
- Justin Tafa vs. Jared Vanderaa
- Josh Culibao vs. Yilan Sha
- Sarah Alpar vs. Stephanie Egger
- Yancy Medeiros vs. Damir Hadzovic
