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Report: Lightweight clash added to UFC 326 card
UFC 326 has added a lightweight fight between Drew Dober and Michael Johnson to the March 7 card in Las Vegas, according to a report by MMAJunkie.com.
Max Holloway will face Charles Oliveira in the main event at T-Mobile Arena in a highly anticipated rematch 10-plus years in the making. But before the main event gets started, Dober and Johnson will face off in an intriguing lightweight fight.
Johnson (25-19), a finalist on The Ultimate Fighter 12, is beginning his 16th year in UFC, and the 39-year-old is riding a three-fight win streak following a split in a four-fight stint across 2022-23.
Dober (28-15) ended a three-fight losing streak with a third-round finish of Kyle Prepolec in his most recent outing on Oct. 18.
No. 7 ranked middleweight contender Caio Borralho (17-2) will face No. 8 Reinier De Ridder (21-3) in the co-main event.
UFC 326 FIGHT CARD
Main Card
–Max Holloway vs. Charles Oliveira: Main Event for UFC “BMF” Championship
–Caio Borralho vs. Reinier de Ridder: Co-main event
–Rob Font vs. Raul Rosas Jr.
–Gregory Rodrigues vs. Brunno Ferreira
–Renato Moicano vs. Brian Ortega
–Cody Garbrandt vs. Long Xiao
–Cody Durden vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel
–Dusko Todorovic vs. Donte Johnson
–Sumudaerji vs. Jesus Aguilar
–Gaston Bolanos vs. Joosang Yoo
–Luke Fernandez vs. Rodolfo Bellato
–Alberto Montes vs. Ricky Turcios
–Drew Dober vs. Michael Johnson
Holloway beat Oliveira by TKO in a featherweight bout on Aug. 23, 2015, that lasted less than two minutes after the latter said he suffered a freak neck injury.
Holloway, 34, is a former UFC featherweight champion and current unofficial holder of the UFC’s “BMF” designation (a symbolic title representing the promotion’s “baddest” fighter). Holloway (27-8) retained the BMF title with a unanimous-decision win over Dustin Poirier in July at UFC 318 last July.
The 36-year-old Oliveira (36-11, 1 no contest) is a former UFC lightweight champion, the class at which both he and Holloway currently compete.
–Field Level Media