A day after the UFC 283 poster arriving, the artwork promoting UFC Vegas 67 a week earlier has now dropped.
The UFC’s first event of 2023 will be held at the Apex in Las Vegas, with a middleweight match-up topping the card. That sees Kelvin Gastelum (16-8, 1NC) look to shake off a two-fight losing streak against the surging Nassourdine Imavov (12-3).
Empezaremos el año bien 👀 el 14 de Enero 📆#UFCVegas67 @Imavov1 vs @KelvinGastelum https://t.co/Pd6aDxATQq pic.twitter.com/CMRnDV8Oak
— UFC Español (@UFCEspanol) December 17, 2022
Imavov enters the fight off a strong showing in September at UFC Paris, in front of his hometown fans. “The Russian Sniper,” a Russian-born French mixed martial artist, claimed a unanimous decision against Joaquin Buckley in the fight. That extended his win streak to three; overall, he’s 4-1 inside the octagon.
Gastelum has back-to-back losses to Robert Whittaker and Jared Cannonier, a former champ and recent title challenger. But his slump is even worse when considering he has just one win since 2018, against Ian Heinisch last year.
January’s showdown feels like a passing of the guard moment, at least potentially, as a result.
UFC Vegas 67 takes place January 14, 2023 at the Apex in Las Vegas with the following fights reported for the card:
- Kelvin Gastelum vs. Nassourdine Imavov
- Jimmy Flick vs. Charles Johnson
- Allan Nascimento vs. Carlos Hernandez
- Geoff Neal vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov
- Ketlen Vieira vs. Raquel Pennington
- Jarno Errens vs. David Onama
- Omar Morales vs. Mateusz Rębecki
- Daniel Argueta vs. Isaac Dulgarian
- Punahele Soriano vs. Roman Kopylov
- Dan Ige vs. Damon Jackson
- Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Raoni Barcelos
- Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Claudio Ribeiro
- Javid Basharat vs. Mateus Mendonça
