After seeing their fight fall through at UFC Vegas 45 last month, Raoni Barcelos and Victor Henry have a new date.
The bantamweight bout, scrapped due to Henry testing positive for COVID-19, will now take place at UFC 270 on January 22. The promotion recently added the match-up to the event’s official fight card.
Victor Henry (21-5) will be making his promotional debut in the fight. The 34-year old California native trains under Josh Barnett, and previously competed for Japan’s RIZIN Fighting Federation. In his last bout, under the LXF banner, Henry defeated former UFC fighter Albert Morales by submission.
Barcelos (16-2), also 34, had a nine-fight win streak snapped by Timur Valiev in his last outing. The loss marked his first defeat inside the octagon. The Brazilian is a former RFA and Shooto featherweight champion, but dropped to 135lbs in 2018 and has remained in the weight class since.
UFC 270 will take place on January 22, 2022 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The following bouts have been reported for the card thus far:
Francis Ngannou (c) vs. Ciryl Gane – for the UFC heavyweight championship. Title unification bout.
Brandon Moreno (c) vs. Deiveson Figueiredo – for the UFC flyweight championship
Movsar Evloev vs. Ilia Topuria
Greg Hardy vs. Alexey Oleynik
Cody Stamann vs. Said Nurmagomedov
Viviane Araújo vs. Alexa Grasso
Rodolfo Vieira vs. Wellington Turman
Raoni Barcelos vs. Victor Henry
Tony Gravely vs. Saimon Oliveira
Warlley Alves vs. Jack Della
Poliana Botelho vs. Ji Yeon Kim
Matt Frevola vs. Genaro Valdez
Trevin Giles vs. Michael Morales
Kay Hansen vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius
AJ Dobson vs. Jacob Malkoun
