Diego Lopes vs. Sodiq Yusuff joins stacked lineup

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Rising star Diego Lopes will be featured on the UFC’s historic 300th event.

Lopes takes on Sodiq Yusuff in a featherweight bout April 13 at UFC 300 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. A person with knowledge of the situation confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie following an initial report from Instagram account Freak MMA.

Lopes (23-6 MMA, 2-1 UFC), MMA Junkie’s 2023 Newcomer of the Year, emerged as one of the most popular fighters this past year. After falling short in a valiant effort against unbeaten contender Movsar Evloev at UFC 288, Lopes scored back-to-back first-round finishes of Gavin Tucker in August and Pat Sabatini at UFC 295.

Yusuff (13-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) will look to rebound from his Fight of the Night war against Edson Barboza, which headlined UFC Fight Night 230 in October. Prior to that, the Dana White’s Contender Series alum won eight of his past nine, including wins over Andre Fili and Alex Caceres.

The latest UFC 300 lineup now includes:

  • Justin Gaethje vs. Max Holloway – for BMF title
  • Zhang Weili vs. Yan Xiaonan – for strawweight title
  • Charles Oliveira vs. Arman Tsarukyan
  • Kayla Harrison vs. Holly Holm
  • Jiri Prochazka vs. Aleksandar Rakic
  • Calvin Kattar vs. Aljamain Sterling
  • Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Cody Garbrandt
  • Bobby Green vs. Jim Miller
  • Cody Brundage vs. Bo Nickal
  • Diego Lopes vs. Sodiq Yusuff

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 300.

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