UFC 304 added a featherweight showdown – and a little hometown flavor.
At the July 27 pay-per-view event in Manchester, England Arnold Allen will fight against Georgia Giga Chikadze in a three-round fight.
Two people with knowledge of the situation informed MMA Junkie about the booking on Thursday, but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has not yet been made official. Superfights listed for the first time that the promotion was targeting the England clash.
Allen (19-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) looks to bounce back from his loss to Movsar Evloev in UFC 297 in January. The loss was his second in as many fights, combined with an April 2023 loss to Max Holloway. Both losses were unanimous decisions.
Chikadze (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) has competed just once since a January 2022 loss to Calvin Kattar. He defeated Alex Caceres 19 months later in August 2023. He was next scheduled to fight Josh Emmett at UFC 296 in December, Chikadze suffered a groin injury that made him withdraw from the fight.
