UFC 322 is set for Madison Square Garden in New York City on November 15, and on Tuesday, the promotion announced several new bouts for the Pay-Per-View card.
Among them, wrestling standout Bo Nickal (7-1) will take on grappling stud Rodolfo Vieira (11-3), while Gregory “Robocop” Rodrigues (17-6) takes on Roman Kopylov. Both fights take place in the UFC’s middleweight division.
In addition, a third middleweight match-up sees Baisangur Susurkaev (10-0) take on Eric McConico (10-3-1). The pairing had previously been announced on Dana White’s Contender Series, but with a different date. Still Susurkaev is making another quick turnaround, after fighting on DWCS and then in his UFC debut in the very same week.
As for Bo Nickal, he looks to bounce back from the first loss of his MMA career, which came against Reinier de Ridder a few months back. His opponent, Vieira, is a multiple time BJJ champ who will enter the fight off a win over Tresean Gore.
“Robocop” Rodrigues knocked out Jack Hermansson last he saw action, at UFC 317 in June. That saw the Brazilian bounce back from a loss to ex-title challenger Jared Cannonier. His current opponent, Kopylov, is coming off a loss to Paulo Costa suffered the following month.
UFC 322 is headlined by a pair of title fights, as Islam Makhachev challenges Jack Della Maddalena for welterweight gold, and Weili Zhang looks for her own second title at flyweight opposite Valentina Shevchenko.
