The UFC’s first PPV of 2025 in the fight capital of the world takes place on March 8 in Las Vegas which saw three more bouts added to it’s card.
TUF winner Mairon Santos and Francis Marshall will meet in the octagon that night. Joshua Van will take on Bruno Silva and Alex Morono squares up with Carlos Leal.
Octagon Update and AG Fight were the first to report the matchups.
Santos (14-1) comes off his TKO victory over Kaan Ofli last August making him 1-0 in the promotion. The TUF featherweight winner defeated Guillermo Torres, Edwin Cooper Jr. and Ofli to raise the TUF crown.
Marshall (8-2) has had a quiet start to his UFC career having earned a contract on DWCS in 2022. Since then he’s gone 2-2 with victories over Dennis Buzukja and Marcelo Rojo.
Van (12-2) continues to live up to his nickname with no fear of any opponent. The young flyweight will bring his 5-1 UFC record into the fight with wins over Zhalgas Zhumagulov, Kevin Borjas, Felipe Bunes, Edgar Chairez and Cody Durden.
Silva (14-6-2) will look to make a quick bounce back following his loss to Manel Kape in December. The loss snapped a 4-fight win streak that Silva believed could have gotten him to a title shot with a win over Kape.
Morono (24-11) has had a couple stumbles as of late following a 4-fight win streak in 2021-2022. Since then he’s gone 2-4 last time out falling short against Daniel Rodriguez last October.
He’ll face Leal (21-6) who gets his second UFC bout following a loss to Rinat Fakhretdinov in his UFC debut at UFC 308.
No main event has been announced for UFC 313 as of yet.
