The UFC’s first Oklahoma City event in eight years is closer to being fully booked with the addition of two more fights.
Jared Gordon (12-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and Michel Quinones (8-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) were supposed to fight at featherweight at UFC 211 earlier this month until Gordon was pulled at the 11th hour. Now they’re rebooked for UFC Fight Night 112 next month. In addition, Joachim Christensen (14-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC) will take on newcomer Azamat Murzakanov (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) at light heavyweight. UFC officials recently announced the two new bookings.
UFC Fight Night 112 takes place June 25 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla. The event airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass. In the main event, Michael Chiesa fights Kevin Lee in a freshly brewing bad-blood rivalry.
Gordon was pulled from his UFC 211 fight with Quinones the night before the event in Dallas when he had to be hospitalized with food poisoning symptoms. Now he’ll fight three hours north of Dallas in Oklahoma City – and will no doubt be hoping for better luck the night before the fight.
Gordon will enter the fight riding a three-fight winning streak. He was featured on “Dana White: Lookin’ for a Fight” and impressed the UFC boss with a decision win over Bill Algeo at CFFC 63 in February. Gordon, 28, has finished seven of his 13 bouts, with his only loss coming in 2015 as the result of a doctor stoppage.
The 32-year-old Quinones, from Florida, also will be making his UFC debut. He’ll come into the bout on a five-fight winning streak, four of which have come by stoppage. Those five straight have come since the lone loss of his pro career, which came to stnadout Brandon Girtz under the Bellator banner.
Christensen will be looking to rebound on a quick turnaround from a first-round submission loss to Gadzhimurad Antigulov at UFC 211 earlier this month. That sent him back to the loss column after a third-round TKO of Bojan Mihajlovic at UFC Fight Night 103 in January, which was his first win in the UFC and a bounce-back after a submission to Luis Henrique da Silva at UFC Fight Night 96 in his promotional debut this past October.
Murzakanov, from Russia, has six of his seven career wins by stoppage, including five knockouts. His most recent four wins have all come in the first round, including a TKO of Georgy Sakaev at ACB 57 in April. Remarkably, of his six stoppage wins, four have come in less than a minute. His six finishes have an average fight time of less than a minute each.
With the additions, the latest UFC Fight Night 112 card includes:
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