The Octagon will make its return to Massachusetts for the first time since October💙 2019, as UFC 292 is set to take place on August 19 from the TD Garden in Boston.
UFC President Dana White officially confirmed the news via a live video stream on Tuesday night, revealing that reigning bantamweight champion, Aljamain Sterling, and top contender "Suga" Sean O'Malley will meet in ꦦthe night's main event. Sterling is currently riding a nine-fight winning streak and is coming off a split-decision win over former two-division UFC champ, Henry Cejudo, at UFC 288 earlier this month. O'Malley meanwhile is 4-0-1 in his last five Octagon outings and will look to build on a split-decision victory over former bantamweight champ, Petr Yan, at UFC 280 last October in Abu Dhabi.
A♛dditionally, White announced that UFC strawweight champion, Zhang Weili, will defend her title against Amanda Lemos in the night's co-feature. Weili is 4-2 in her last six fights and is coming off a second-round submission win over former champ, Carla Esparza, at UFC 281 back in November. Lemos on the other hand is 7-1 in her last eight promotional appear💎ances and will look to build on a third-round TKO victory over, Marina Rodriguez, at UFC Vegas 64 also back in November.
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