The UFC 326 card is starting to take shape.
On Saturday, the promotion announced four new bouts for the numbered event on Mar. 7 in Las Vegas: Caio Borralho vs. Reinier de Ridder at middleweight, Renato Moicano vs. Brian Ortega at lightweight, Paulo Costa vs. Brunno Ferreira at middleweight and Cody Garbrandt vs. Xiao Long at bantamweight.
The four bouts join Max Holloway vs. Charles Oliveira on the card.
No. 7-ranked Borralho returns to the octagon for the first time since suffering his lone loss in the UFC to Nassourdine Imavov on Sept. 6. The 32-year-old Brazilian (17-2) shot up the middleweight rankings following notable wins against Jared Cannonier and Paul Craig.
De Ridder, the eighth-ranked contender, fast-tracked his way to one of the top contenders in the division after four wins since joining the promotion late in 2024. The 35-year-old (21-3) recorded finishes of Gerald Meerschaert, Kevin Holland and Bo Nickel, and defeated former champion Robert Whittaker by split decision.
However, his last fight against Brendan Allen on Oct. 18 saw de Ridder's team throw in the towel.
At lightweight, No. 10 contender Moicano will look to get his revenge against one of the division's greats in Ortega.
The two fought back in 2017, with Ortega winning by submission.
Both fighters are currently on a two-fight losing streak, with the Brazilian Moicano falling to Beneil Dariush at UFC 317 and to Islam Makhachev for the belt at UFC 311.
Moicano (20-7-1) enjoyed a solid four-fight win streak from Nov. 2022 to Sept. 2024 with wins over Brad Riddell, Drew Dober, Jalin Turner and Benoit Saint Denis.
Ortega, the 34-year-old American, has won just twice since 2020 after being one of the top contenders. Ortega (16-5) fought for the lightweight belt twice, losing to Max Holloway at UFC 231 and Alex Volkanovski at UFC 266.
His last win came against Yair Rodriguez on Feb. 24, 2024, and his most recent bout was a loss to Aljamain Sterling in August.
Costa takes on Ferreira in a battle between two Brazilian middleweights. Costa (15-4) is the 13th-ranked contender and is coming off a win against Roman Kopylov in July. The 34-year-old won his first four UFC fights by KO/TKO, but has yet to record a finish since.
Since 2018, his only bout not to go the distance was a KO/TKO loss to Israel Adesanya for the title in 2020.
Ferreira (15-2) is one of the hotter fighters in the division as a winner of three straight with victories over Armen Petrosyan, Jackson McVey and Marvin Vettori.
Garbrantd is coming off two straight losses to Raoni Barcelos and Deiveson Figueiredo. The American fighter (14-7) previously held the bantamweight title in 2016 but failed to regain the belt after back-to-back losses to TJ Dillashaw.
Xiao (27-10) is making his fourth fight with the promotion, going 1-2 in his previous bouts. He last fought in August, losing to SuYoung You by unanimous decision.
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