Diego Ferreira vs. Mateusz Gamrot Added To Final UFC Event Of The Year On December 18

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Mateusz Gamrot, UFC Vegas 31 weigh-in Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press

Diego Ferreira will look to defend his spot in the top 15 lightweight rankings as a surging fighter looks to take it.

MMA Junkie was the first to report that No. 11 ranked lightweight Ferreira will fight Mateusz Gamrot on December 18 at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus. Both fighters would confirm the news on their social media.

Ferreira (17-4) had his six-fight win streak snapped earlier this year and now is on the second two-fight skid of his career. Beneil Dariush defeated the Brazilian via split decision in February and he then was finished by a returning Gregor Gillespie three months later. An interesting note is that after Ferreira’s last losing streak, he rattled off those six wins. Ferreira was scheduled to face Grant Dawson last month but pulled out of the fight with an injury.

Gamrot (19-1-1) has been on a roll since losing his UFC debut to Guram Kutateladze in a controversial split decision. The Polish fighter picked up his first UFC win in April when he knocked out Scott Holtzman, and then two months later, he would submit UFC veteran Jeremy Stephens in a little over a minute. Gamrot has picked up a performance bonus in all three of his UFC fights so far and will be looking to break into the rankings with a with over Ferreira.

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus will take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, NV. No broadcast plan has been announced.

The December 18 card currently breaks down as follows:

  • Derrick Lewis vs. Chris Daukaus
  • Amanda Lemos vs. Angela Hill
  • Raphael Assunção vs. Ricky Simón
  • Raquel Pennington vs. Julia Avila
  • Raoni Barcelos vs. Trevin Jones
  • Andre Ewell vs. Charles Jourdain
  • Anthony Hernandez vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
  • Don’Tale Mayes vs. Josh Parisian
  • Gerald Meerschaert vs. Abusupiyan Magomedov
  • Jordan Leavitt vs. Matt Sayles
  • Justin Tafa vs. Harry Hunsucker
  • Diego Ferreira vs. Mateusz Gamrot
  • Sijara Eubanks vs. Melissa Gatto