UFC officials aren’t waiting long to get “The Last Stylebender” back in the cage.
UFC execs today announced that the Nigerian-born middleweight Israel Adesanya (12-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) will face Italy’s Marvin Vettori (12-3-1 MMA, 2-1-1 UFC) at UFC on FOX 29, which takes place April 14 at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz.
Adesanya, who lives and trains in New Zealand, made his promotional debut earlier this month, displaying his incredible striking skills in an electrifying TKO win over Rob Wilkinson. Perfect through the first 12 fights of his career, Adesanya has won all 12 fights via knockout.
“The Italian Dream” Vettori fought most recently in December, battling to a hard-fought majority draw with Omari Akhmedov. Prior to that result, Vettori had sandwiched a loss to Antonio Carlos Junior between wins over Vitor Miranda and Alberto Uda.
With the addition to the card, the UFC on FOX 29 lineup now includes:
- Dustin Poirier vs. Justin Gaethje
- Matt Brown vs. Carlos Condit
- John Moraga vs. Wilson Reis
- Arjan Bhullar vs. Adam Wieczorek
- Dhiego Lima vs. Yushin Okami
- Cortney Casey vs. Michelle Waterson
- Tim Boetsch vs. Antonio Carlos Junior
- Shana Dobson vs. Lauren Mueller
- Krzysztof Jotko vs. Brad Tavares
- Patrick Williams vs. Luke Sanders
- Matthew Lopez vs. Alejandro Perez
- Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Muslim Salikhov
- Israel Adesanya vs. Marvin Vettori
For more on UFC on FOX 29, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.