Welterweight fighters Gabriel Bonfim and Mounir Lazzez will kick off the preliminary card for UFC 283. The event will see the light heavyweight division finally crowning a champion as Glover Teixeira fights Jamahal Hill for the vacant LHW title. Fans will be really keen to see if the 43-year-old former champion can trump the 31-year-old or not.
But perhaps the most anticipated and the most excitement-inducing fight on the card will take place in the co-main event. The reigning UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo will fight the interim champ, Brandon Moreno, to unify the belts. Although it will be the fourth encounter between the two fighters, it promises to be the most meaningful fight in the series.
Gabriel Bonfim will fight Mounir Lazzez at #UFC283 on January 21st. (first rep. @TeamIridiumISA) #UFC #MMA #UFCESPN #UFCRio #UFC2023 pic.twitter.com/2r4dTb8EAc
— Marcel Dorff 🇳🇱🇮🇩 (@BigMarcel24) September 24, 2022
But that’s not all, fans in Rio De Janeiro will get to witness one of their own competing in each of the remaining three fights on the main card as well!
Former UFC women’s flyweight champ, Jessica Andrade, will fight Lauren Murphy in one of the bouts. Exciting welterweight contenders Gilbert Burns and Neil Magny will be on the card as well. But the night will kick off with a banger of a fight between Johnny Walker and Paul Craig.
