For the first time in his career, Misha Cirkunov will drop down to 185 pounds.
Cirkunov (15-6 MMA, 6-4 UFC) makes his middleweight debut against Krzysztof Jotko (22-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) at a UFC Fight Night event on Oct. 2, promotion officials announced Tuesday morning. The event doesn’t yet have a known venue or location.
Starting October off STRONG 💪
🇨🇦@MishaC911 moves to middleweight and faces 🇵🇱@JotkoMMA on Oct. 2nd! pic.twitter.com/xlLAw5uktB
— UFC Canada (@UFC_CA) August 17, 2021
Canada’s Cirkunov has split his past four appearances with submission finishes of Patrick Cummins and Jimmy Crute to his credit in that run. He’s coming off a first-round TKO loss to Ryan Spann in March and will now be cutting an extra 20 pounds when he meets perennial contender Jotko.
A longtime staple in the UFC’s middleweight division, Jotko saw his three-fight winning streak snapped at the hands of surging contender Sean Strickland at UFC on ESPN 23 in May.
With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for Oct. 2 includes:
- Thiago Santos vs. Johnny Walker
- Bethe Correia vs. Karol Rosa
- Jared Gordon vs. Joe Solecki
- Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira
- Fernando Padilla vs. Sean Soriano
- Gaetano Pirrello vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade
- Kyle Daukaus vs. Kevin Holland
- Jimmy Crute vs. Jamahal Hill
- Jamie Mullarkey vs. Devonte Smith
- Macy Chiasson vs. Aspen Ladd
- Johnny Eduardo vs. Alejandro Perez
- Alexander Hernandez vs. Leonardo Santos
- Misha Cirkunov vs. Krzysztof Jotko
