UFC 223 is shaping up to be a doozy and a featherweight tilt between rising contenders Calvin Kattar and Renato Moicano has been added to the stacked card.
Kattar (18-2) is 2-0 in the UFC and has won 10 straight overall. The 29-year-old defeated Andre Fili by unanimous decision in his UFC debut last year and earned a third-round TKO over Shane Burgos at UFC 220 in January.
Moicano (11–1–1) is looking to bounce back from his first career defeat. The Brazilian hasn’t fought since being submitted by Brian Ortega at UFC 214. Moicano was faring well against Ortega and was less than two minutes from a possible victory but tapped to a guillotine choke with 91 seconds remaining in the fight.
UFC 223 takes place April 7 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The event is headlined by a lightweight title fight between interim champ Tony Ferguson and unbeaten top contender Khabib Nurmagomedov. A strawweight championship rematch between Rose Namajunas and Joanna Jedrzejczyk is also featured.
Here is a look at the proposed fight card to date:
— Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov
— Rose Namajunas vs. Joanna Jędrzejczyk
— Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Felice Herrig
— Al Iaquinta vs. Paul Felder
— Joe Lauzon vs. Chris Gruetzemacher
— Ray Borg vs. Brandon Moreno
— Michael Chiesa vs. Anthony Pettis
— Alex Caceres vs. Artem Lobov
— Renato Moicano vs. Calvin Kattar
— Devin Clark vs. Mike Rodriguez
— Ashlee Evans-Smith vs. Bec Rawlings
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