A welterweight bout between Geoff Neal and Mike Perry is the latest addition to the UFC 245 lineup.
MMA Junkie verified verbal agreements are in place for the matchup between Neal (12-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC) and Perry (13-5 MMA, 6-5 UFC) with a person close to the situation following an initial Wednesday report from ESPN.com.
UFC 245 takes place Dec. 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.
Neal, 29, is undefeated through four fights under the UFC banner, with his most recent being a second-round TKO of Niko Price at UFC 240 in July.
Perry, 28, meanwhile, has dropped four of his past six fights. He most recently dropped a “Fight of the Night” battle with Vicente Luque at UFC on ESPN+ 15 in August, suffering a badly broken nose in the process.
The latest UFC 245 card now includes:
- Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington – for welterweight title
- Max Holloway vs. Alexander Volkanovski – for featherweight title
- Amanda Nunes vs. Germaine de Randamie – for women’s bantamweight title
- Jose Aldo vs. Marlon Moraes
- Urijah Faber vs. Petr Yan
- Matt Brown vs. Ben Saunders
- Jessica Eye vs. Viviane Araujo
- Kai Kara-France vs. Brandon Moreno
- Oskar Piechota vs. Punahele Soriano
- Geoff Neal vs. Mike Perry
