The lineup for the UFC’s return to Canada this summer continues to grow with a new middleweight fight.
Krzysztof Jotko (20-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) is set to take on Marc-Andre Barriault (11-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at UFC 240. Promotion officials announced the new booking Friday.
UFC 240 takes place July 27 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The fight card is headlined by a featherweight title bout between champ Max Holloway and ex-lightweight champ Frankie Edgar. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+.
Jotko returned in April after a yearlong layoff and took a unanimous decision from Alen Amedovski at UFC on ESPN+ 7 in Russia. Prior to that, the Polish fighter was mired in the first skid of his career – a three-fight stretch with losses to David Branch, Uriah Hall and Brad Tavares. Before the skid, he had five straight wins in the UFC.
Barriault, who was a two-division champion for Cannada’s TKO organization, made his promotional debut earlier this month at UFC on ESPN+ 9. But in Ottawa, he had his eight-fight winning streak snapped with a decision loss to Andrew Sanchez. Before that, seven of his eight straight wins were by knockout.
With the addition, the UFC 240 lineup now includes:
- Champ Max Holloway vs. Frankie Edgar – for featherweight title
- Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Alexandre Pantoja
- Viviane Araujo vs. Alexis Davis
- Mara Romero Borella vs. Lauren Murphy
- Sarah Frota vs. Gillian Robertson
- Erik Koch vs. Kyle Stewart
- Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Arman Tsarukyan
- Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Krzysztof Jotko
For more on UFC 240, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
