The UFC has added a pair of ranked light heavyweights to its Las Vegas show on March 2nd.
On Thursday, the promotion announced that Ovince Saint Preux will take on Misha Cirkunov at UFC 235 at the T-Mobile Arena. The night’s main card airs live on PPV, while the prelims will be split between ESPN and ESPN+.
OSP (23-12) is coming off a unanimous decision loss to rising contender Dominick Reyes at UFC 229. The Tennessee native went 1-2 in 2018, having been choked out by Ilir Latifi in February, followed by an armbar finish of Tyson Pedro.
Cirkunov (14-4) snapped a two-fight losing skid with an impressive first-round submission of Patrick Cummins at UFC Moncton in October. He appeared to be a rising contender at 205 lbs before suffering a knockout loss to Volkan Oezdemir, as well as a TKO at the hands of Glover Teixeira.
Latest UFC rankings have Saint Preux at #11 and Cirkunov at #14.
UFC 235 doesn’t have a main event, but will have a welterweight bout between Robbie Lawler and Ben Askren.