Rising bantamweight prospects will square off in March.
Cameron Saaiman (9-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) takes on Payton Talbott (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) at a UFC Fight Night event March 23 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Both fighters confirmed the news on social media after an initial report by MMA Fighting.
Saaiman, a training partner of UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis, suffered his first-career setback this past October to Christian Rodriguez. Prior to that, the 23-year-old Dana White’s Contender Series graduate won his first three UFC fights, two by finish.
Talbott, also a DWCS graduate, impressed in his octagon debut when he notched his first-career submission of Nick Aguirre at UFC Fight Night 232. The undefeated 25-year-old has finished all but one of his professional wins
With the addition, the UFC’s March 23 lineup now includes:
- Rose Namajunas vs. Amanda Ribas
- Kurt Holobaugh vs. Trey Ogden
- Gabriel Miranda vs. Billy Quarantillo
- Mick Parkin vs. Mohammed Usman
- Julian Erosa vs. Ricardo Ramos
- Cody Gibson vs. Davey Grant
- Jarno Errens vs. Steven Nguyen
- Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Dusko Todorovic
- Fernando Padilla vs. Luis Pajuelo
- Junior Tafa vs. Karl Williams
- Shauna Bannon vs. Stephanie Luciano
- Montserrat Rendon vs. Dariya Zheleznyakova
- Cameron Saaiman vs. Payton Talbott
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for the UFC Fight Night event on March 23
