A pair of welterweights will look to rebound at the UFC’s first event of 2021.
Warlley Alves is set to fight Christian Aguilera on Jan. 16 at UFC Fight Night, which does not yet have an announced location. A person with knowledge of the matchup confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie following an initial report from MMA Fighting.
“Ultimate Fighter Brazil” winner Alves (13-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) has lost two of his past three fights. After knocking out Sergio Moraes at UFC 237, Alves suffered a second-round submission loss to Randy Brown at UFC on ESPN+ 22 last November.
Aguilera (14-7 MMA, 1-1 UFC) saw his three-fight winning streak snapped in a submission loss to Sean Brady at UFC on ESPN+ 33. Prior to that, he knocked out Anthony Ivy in just 59 seconds in his UFC debut in June.
With the addition, the Jan. 16 lineup includes:
- Max Holloway vs. Calvin Kattar
- Brian Kelleher vs. Ricky Simon
- Jacob Kilburn vs. Austin Lingo
- Tim Elliott vs. Jordan Espinosa
- Carlos Felipe vs. Justin Tafa
- Punahele Soriano vs. Dusko Todorovic
- Sara McMann vs. Julianna Pena
- Anthony Hernandez vs. Rodolfo Vieira
- Christian Aguilera vs. Warlley Alves
