The bout between Roman Dolidze and Michel Pereira has been reportedly added to UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs Imavov. The MMA event takes place at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, KY on June 8. The pair squares off at middleweight.
Dolidze (12-3) was originally scheduled to face Anthony Hernandez at UFC 302 in Newark, NJ on June 1. The bout fell off due to hand injury suffered by the latter. The 35-year-old native of Georgia looks to return to winning ways after suffering a pair of defeats by decision against Nassourdine Imavov and Marvin Vettori.
Pereira (31-11, 2 NC) is riding an eight-fight winning streak. Brazil’s 30-year-old won a pair of fights in 2024 via first-round submission against Ihor Potieria and Michal Oleksiejczuk.
The fight was reported by Eurosport’s Marcel Dorff via post on X. The promotion is yet to confirm the matchup.
The UFC Louisville main event is expected to see a five-round middleweight bout between former title challenger Jared Cannonier (17-6) of Dallas, Texas and No. 8 Nassourdine Imavov (13-4, 1 NC). The current lineup looks as the following:
- Jared Cannonier vs. Nassourdine Imavov, middleweight
- Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Ricky Turcios, bantamweight
- Miguel Baeza vs. Punahele Soriano, welterweight
- Thiago Moises vs. Ludovit Klein, lightweight
- Dominick Reyes vs. Dustin Jacoby, light heavyweight
- Carlos Prates vs. Charles Radtke, welterweight
- Brunno Ferreira vs. Dustin Stoltzfus, middleweight
- John Castaneda vs. Daniel Marcos, bantamweight
- Brad Katona vs. Jesse Butler, bantamweight
- Cody Stamann vs. Taylor Lapilus, bantamweight
- Eduarda Moura vs. Denise Gomes, women’s strawweight
- Julian Marquez vs. Zachary Reese, middleweight
- Andrea Lee vs. Montana De La Rosa, women’s flyweight
- Rayanne dos Santos vs. Puja Tomar, women’s strawweight
- Roman Dolidze vs. Michel Pereira, middleweight