“The Welsh Gangster” Oban Elliott is set to make his octagon debut as part of February’s UFC 298.
Oban Elliott (9-2), a Cage Warriors standout and winner on Dana White’s Contender Series earlier this year, will face Valentine Woodburn (7-1) at the event on February 17, 2024 in Anaheim, CA. The bout will take place at middleweight.
Iridium Sports Agency, who represent Woodburn, recently announced the booking. Elliott confirmed the booking on social media.
Making his own UFC debut on short notice against uber-prospect Bo Nickal in July, Val Woodburn suffered the first setback of his professional career, losing by TKO just 38 seconds into the opening round. Prior to that, “The Animal” had gone 7-0 and picked up the Combat Night Pro middleweight championship.
Elliott sits on a five-fight win streak, and will make his promotional debut after winning a contract on the Contender Series off a majority decision win over Kaik Brito. Elliott trains alongside Jack Shore, another top Welsh star, at Shore MMA.
UFC 298 is set to be headlined by a featherweight title fight between champ Alexander Volkanovski and undefeated challenger Ilia Topuria. The event takes place at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Feb. 17 with the following pairings reported for the card:
- Alexander Volkanovski (c) vs. Ilia Topuria — for the UFC featherweight championship
- Merab Dvalishvili vs. Henry Cejudo
- Tai Tuivasa vs. Marcin Tybura
- Tatiana Suarez vs. Amanda Lemos
- Anthony Hernandez vs. Ikram Aliskerov
- Marcos Rogério de Lima vs. Justin Tafa
- Zhang Mingyang vs. Brendson Ribeiro
- Yusaku Kinoshita vs. Danny Barlow
- Andrea Lee vs. Miranda Maverick
- Rinya Nakamura vs. Brady Hiestand
- Valentine Woodburn vs. Oban Elliott
