Ricky Turcios’ UFC occupation is about to start off.
The Top Fighter 29 bantamweight event winner will fight Aimeann Zahabi (8-2) at a UFC celebration on July 9 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas, the advertising declared Monday.
Turcios (11-2), a Workforce Alpha Male agent, defeated Brady Hiestand by split selection to safe a UFC deal. In the course of the TUF 29 period, Turcios also scored wins around Daniel Argueta and Liudvik Sholinian to protected his spot at the dwell finale, which took position this past August. “Pretty Ricky” has received two straight fights and three of his earlier four.
Zahabi would make his fourth UFC appearance next what will be a 17-thirty day period layoff when he methods into the cage in July. The Canadian is coming off of his best general performance yet inside the octagon, a to start with-round knockout of Drako Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 19 in February of past yr that stopped a two-fight skid. His UFC record stands at 2-2.
The July 9 UFC event is predicted to be headlined by a light-weight bout among Rafael dos Anjos and Rafael Fiziev.