Featherweight action has been added to May’s UFC 315, as Canadian Gavin Tucker will make the trip to Montreal.
Tucker (13-3) will end another extended hiatus when he faces Jeong Yeong Lee (11-2) at the event at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec on May 10, 2025.
Korean MMA was first to report news of the booking, which Cageside Press confirmed on Wednesday.
Tucker’s career has come in fits and starts since joining the UFC in 2017. He’s missed all of 2018, 2022, and 2024, and has fought just seven times since signing on with the company after a 10-0 start to his professional career.
“The Guv’Nor” was last seen in action against Diego Lopes in 2023, where he was submitted via arm-bar. Prior to that he was knocked out by Dan Ige in March of 2021. Entering what is believed to be the final fight of his contract, Tucker finds himself in must-win territory at age 38.
Jeong Yeong Lee is coming into the fight off a loss to Hyder Amil, which saw him knocked out inside of a round. A former ROAD FC champion and Road to UFC alum, he’s 2-1 in the UFC proper.
Montreal’s first UFC event in a decade is headlined by a welterweight title fight as Belal Muhammad defends his title opposite Jack Della Maddalena. The following match-ups have been announced or reported for the event:
- Belal Muhammad (c) vs. Jack Della Maddalena – for the UFC welterweight championship
- Valentina Shevchenko (c) vs. Manon Fiorot – for the UFC women’s flyweight championship
- Alexa Grasso vs. Natália Silva
- Benoît Saint Denis vs. Joel Álvarez
- José Aldo vs. Aiemann Zahabi
- Modestas Bukauskas vs. Ion Cuțelaba
- Mike Malott vs. Charles Radtke
- Jéssica Andrade vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius
- Navajo Stirling vs. Ivan Erslan
- Marc-André Barriault vs. Bruno Silva
- Brad Katona vs. Bekzat Almakhan
- Gavin Tucker vs. Jeong Yeong Lee
