Huge Welterweight Matchup Targeted as Co-Main Event for Noche UFC in September

Another high-profile matchup is in the works for what's looking like a stacked UFC Fight Night.

Drew Beaupré | Aug 16, 2023

Huge Welterweight Matchup Targeted as Co-Main Event for Noche UFC in September /

A matchup between top welterweight contenders Kevin Holland and Jack Della Maddalena is reportedly close to being booked as the co-main event for the UFC Fight Night card on Mexican Independence Day.

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The UFC has taken to reserving title fights for major PPV events in recent years, but the decision to headline “Noche UFC” on September 16 with a rematch for the women’s flyweight belt between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko is a notable break from that trend.

A number of other bouts that include some of the UFC’s top Mexican fighters have also been added to help fill out what looks to be a strong card, and apparently a matchup between Holland and Della Maddalena is close to being finalized as the night’s co-main event. The matchup was first reported by user 'Standemup' on Twitter, and later reaffirmed by multiple reporters.

🚨| A welterweight fight between Jack Della Maddalena and Kevin Holland is being finalised for the co-main event of #NocheUFC.
[first rep. @Standemup]#NocheUFC #UFC #MMA pic.twitter.com/wfG0n4eyNt
— MMA Orbit (@mma_orbit) August 16, 2023

Della Maddalena recently made headlines when he had two different opponents pull out of a planned fight at UFC 290, and the Australian ended up staying in Las Vegas for an extra week to take on the debuting Bassil Hafez the following weekend.

The 26-year-old had stopped all four of his previous UFC opponents in the first round but had a difficult time with Hafez, and his split decision victory in that bout unfortunately slowed some of the considerable momentum he'd accumulated.

Holland now has back-to-back wins after he submitted Michael Chiesa in the first round at UFC 291, and if the matchup with Della Maddalena comes together it will be a chance for each man to try and crack the welterweight Top 10 in what could play out as an entertaining striking battle at Noche UFC.

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Published Aug 16, 2023