The UFC has set its first-quarter schedule up ahead of its transition from ESPN to Paramount+, and the March pay-per-view has some new major meetings booked.
The promotion Saturday made four fights official for UFC 327 (Paramount+) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The card is headlined by a BMF title fight between current beltholder and former featherweight champion Max Holloway and ex-lightweight champ Charles Oliveira.
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But now the support acts for that fight will include: Caio Borralho vs. Reinier de Ridder at middleweight; Renato Moicano vs. Brian Ortega in a lightweight rematch; Paulo Costa vs. Brunno Ferreira in a middleweight title; and former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt vs. Long Xiao.
Former ONE Championship two-division titleholder de Ridder (21-3 MMA, 4-1 UFC) in October had his momentum halted by Brendan Allen, who took the fight on late notice as a fill-in and made de Ridder quit after four rounds. He’ll try to bounce back against Borralho (17-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC), who in September suffered the first loss of his UFC career when he was outworked by Nassourdine Imavov.
With the additions, the UFC 326 lineup now includes:
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Max Holloway vs. Charles Oliveira
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Cody Durden vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel
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Cody Garbrandt vs. Xiao Long
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Diyar Nurgozhay vs. Rafael Tobias
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Caio Borralho vs. Reinier de Ridder
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Renato Moicano vs. Brian Ortega
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Paulo Costa vs. Brunno Ferreira
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 326 loads up with four marquee March matchups in Las Vegas
