As one of the fighters who helped push to bring the UFC back to Canada, it would have been borderline criminal not to feature “Proper” Mike Malott on the UFC 289 card.
Thankfully, the promotion has found Malott (9-1-1) an opponent. The Waterdown, Ontario native will face Adam Fugitt (9-3) at the event in Vancouver, British Columbia on June 10.
TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter was first to report news of the booking, which Malott subsequently confirmed on social media.
Malott, along with Jasmine Jasudavicious, let it be known that the promotion needed to return to Canadian soil back at UFC Vegas 71 in February. Malott picked up a win over fellow Canuck Yohan Lainesse that night, improving to 2-0 in the promotion overall.
The 31-year old has won five straight fights.
Fugitt is 1-1 inside the octagon, and coming off a win over Yusaku Kinoshita in February.
UFC 289 is set to be headlined by the rubber match in the trilogy between Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena. The following match-ups have been reported for the card, set for the Rogers Arena in Vancouver:
- Amanda Nunes (c) vs. Julianna Peña — for the UFC women’s bantamweight championship
- Charles Oliveira vs. Beneil Dariush
- Stephen Thompson vs. Michel Pereira
- Miranda Maverick vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius
- Eryk Anders vs. Marc-André Barriault
- Diana Belbiţă vs. Maria Oliveira
- Blake Bilder vs. Kyle Nelson
- Matt Schnell vs. David Dvorak
- Dan Ige vs. Nate Landwehr
- Hakeem Dawodu vs. Lucas Almeida
- Aiemann Zahabi vs. Aori Qileng
- Chris Curtis vs. Nassourdine Imavov
- Chris Daukaus vs. Khalil Rountree Jr.
- Mike Malott vs. Adam Fugitt
