Marvin Vettori will look to turn things around against a rising middleweight.
Vettori (19-10-1 MMA, 9-8-1 UFC) takes on Ismail Naurdiev (25-8 MMA, 4-3 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 280 on June 27 from Baku Crystal Hall in Azerbaijan, promotion officials announced Tuesday morning.
Vettori, 32, is on a four-fight losing skid after dropping a decision to Brunno Ferreira at UFC 323 this past December. The former title challenger hasn’t won a fight since defeating Roman Dolidze at UFC 286 in March 2023.
Naurdiev, who now fights out of Morocco, is 2-1 in his second UFC stint. He rebounded from his loss to Jun-yong Park with a first-round knockout of “TUF 32” winner Ryan Loder at UFC Fight Night 265 this past November.
The current UFC Fight Night 280 lineup includes:
- Rafael Fiziev vs. Manuel Torres
- Shara Magomedov vs. Michel Pereira
- Ikram Aliskerov vs. Brunno Ferreira
- Asu Almabayev vs. Charles Johnson
- Julius Walker vs. Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
- Bekzat Almakhan vs. Jean Matsumoto
- Abus Magomedov vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk
- Daniil Donchenko vs. Andreas Gustafsson
- Tyrell Fortune vs. Rizvan Kuniev
- Matheus Camilo vs. Nazim Sadykhov
- Andrey Pulyaev vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
- Farman Hasanov vs. Eric Nolan
- Ismail Naurdiev vs. Marvin Vettori
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Baku adds Marvin Vettori vs. Ismail Naurdiev to lineup