The lineup for the UFC’s Oct. 10 show continues to grow with the addition of a featherweight bout.
A bout between Giga Chikadze (10-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) and the unbeaten Omar Morales (10-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has been added to the card, according to a report from Milenio.com. The UFC has not yet made a formal announcement of the booking.
The UFC’s Oct. 10 show is expected to take place at “Fight Island” – Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. Broadcast details have not yet been announced, but the “Fight Night” event is expected to either air and stream on ESPN and ESPN+ or stream in full on ESPN+.
Chikadze has five straight wins and was supposed to be back in action this past Saturday at UFC on ESPN+ 32 in Las Vegas. He was forced out the week of the fight against Alex Caceres, but now has a new bout booked. After a third-round submission loss in August 2018 in a Dana White’s Contender Series bout, Chikadze has gone on a five-fight run. After back-to-back stoppage wins under the Gladiator Challenge banner, he has decision wins over Brandon Davis, Jamall Emmers and Irwin Rivera in the UFC.
Morales punched his ticket to the UFC with a second-round knockout of Harvey Park 13 months ago on Dana White’s Contender Series. The Venezuelan hadn’t been super active in his MMA career leading up to that with just seven fights in nearly seven years. But in the UFC, he has back-to-back wins over Dong Hyun Ma and Gabriel Benitez, the latter of which came in May.
With the addition, the UFC’s Oct. 10 lineup now includes:
- Marlon Moraes vs. Cory Sandhagen
- Edson Barboza vs. Sodiq Yusuff
- Markus Perez vs. Rodolfo Vieira
- Seungwoo Choi vs. Youssef Zalal
- Ben Rothwell vs. Marcin Tybura
- Thomas Almeida vs. Alejandro Perez
- Tracy Cortez vs. Bea Malecki
- Chris Daukaus vs. Rodrigo Nascimento
- Tom Aspinall vs. Serghei Spivac
- Ali Alqaisi vs. Tony Kelley
- Giga Chikadze vs. Omar Morales
