Fiziev-Gamrot, Mitchell-Ige Set for Sept. 23 UFC Fight Night Event

UFC Fight Night, Sept. 23 … per Dana White

No. 6 Rafael Fiziev vs. No. 6 Mateusz Gamrot

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No. 12 Bryce Mitchell vs. No. 13 Dan Ige pic.twitter.com/4UMaMUr2hR

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship appears to have locked in the main and co-main attractions for its late September Fight Night show.

Per the UFC’s broadcast partner of ESPN on Thursday, the promotion has established its top two fights for the UFC Fight Night card on Sept. 23. Atop the event likely staged inside of the UFC Apex in Las Vegas will be a lightweight affair between Rafael Fiziev (12-2) and Mateusz Gamrot (22-2, 1 NC). In the co-featured attraction, featherweights Bryce Mitchell (15-1) and Dan Ige (17-6) will get to finally settle a beef that has gone on for years.

Fiziev saw his six-fight win streak come to a screeching halt in March when Justin Gaethje outworked him over three thrilling rounds. That loss concluded a decent stretch of victories including three knockouts, where he put Renato Carneiro, Brad Riddell and Rafael dos Anjos out on his way up the lightweight division. The defeat to Gaethje is the Tiger Muay Thai striking coach’s first to occur any later than 1:26 of the fight, as his promotional debut in 2019 ended violently via spinning back kick from Magomed Mustafaev.

Gamrot also compete most recently back in March, although his outing was much more successful as he beat Jalin Turner on the scorecards. This put a decision loss to Beneil Dariush in the rear-view mirror. Prior to coming up short to Dariush in late 2022, Gamrot had dispatched Scott Holtzman, Jeremy Stephens and Diego Ferreira, while taking a hard-fought five-rounder against Arman Tsarukyan in mid-2022.

Back in December, Mitchell suffered his first career loss when he succumbed to an arm-triangle from the surging Ilia Topuria. Prior to that unsuccessful appearance, “Thug Nasty” had won six straight in the Octagon. With five decision victories and one single win by submission, Mitchell landed the second twister in company history when he tapped Matt Sayles with one at UFC on ESPN 7 in 2019. The Arkansas native has still yet to procure a win via knockout, with all nine of his finishes from tapouts.

Never finished in his professional career, “50K” Ige has bounced back and forth in the win/loss columns as he navigated the waters at featherweight. While he struggled greatly in 2021 into 2022, the 31-year-old from Hawaii has come out the other side in 2023. Sparking Damon Jackson at the first UFC card of the year, Ige went on to outduel Nate Landwehr in June to put himself on his first win streak since 2020.

The UFC Fight Night event on Sept. 23 will likely go down in Las Vegas at the UFC Apex. While the newly announced headliner and co-main are on the books, the company already had a few other fights matched up for that night. In a featherweight clash of styles, Charles Jourdain will face off against Ricardo Ramos. Heavyweights will also toe the line, when Jake Collier and Mohammed Usman share the cage. Finally, Mizuki Inoue and Hannah Goldy will square off in a strawweight contest, while Tamires Vidal meets Montserrat Rendon at 135 pounds.Javid Basharat vs Victor Henry Miles Johns vs Dan Argueta Bryan Battle vs A.J. Fletcher Marina Rodriguez vs Michelle Waterson-Gomez Tim Means vs Andre Fialho Aliaskhab Khizriev vs Jacob Malkoun