The card for the UFC’s first trip to Raleigh is starting to take shape.
The recently announced event will feature a heavyweight clash between Curtis Blaydes and Junior Dos Santos in the night’s headliner, and Cory Sandhagen will welcome Frankie Edgar to the bantamweight division in the co-main event.
UFC Raleigh will take place on Jan. 25 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C., which is expected to stream on ESPN+.
Also officially announced is a women’s flyweight bout between Justine Kish (6-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) and Lucie Pudilova (8-5 MMA, 2-4 UFC), a middleweight contest between Alen Amedovski (8-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) and Bevon Lewis (6-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC), a light heavyweight clash between Jamahal Hill (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and Darko Stosic (13-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC), a bantamweight bout of Felipe Colares (9-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) against Montel Jackson (8-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) and lightweight fight between newcomers Herbert Burns(9-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and Nate Landwehr (13-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC).
All five bouts have been made official by the UFC, with the bout between Landwehr and Burns first reported by Cageside Press.
The latest lineup for the Jan. 25 fight card includes:
- Curtis Blaydes vs. Junior Dos Santos
- Frankie Edgar vs. Cory Sandhagen
- Justine Kish vs. Lucie Pudilova
- Alen Amedovski vs. Bevon Lewis
- Jamahal Hill vs. Darko Stosic
- Felipe Colares vs. Montel Jackson
- Herbert Burns vs. Nate Landwehr
Five additional bouts official for the UFC's first trip to Raleigh
