UFC Matchmaking Bulletin: KO Artist Jean Silva Added To UFC Seattle

MMA News has you covered with this week’s UFC matchmaking bulletin, featuring all the additions to upcoming cards.

With events being held most weekends, Mick Maynard and Sean Shelby have their matchmaking work cut out if they’re to fill them, meaning new bouts are confirmed each and every week.

Between Monday, December 2, and Sunday, December 8, a number of notable fights were made official by the UFC or reported as being in the works by reputable sources. For more information on those matchups, check out the links below:

• Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan – UFC 311 (January 18)
• Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov – UFC 311 (January 18)
• Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano – UFC 311 (January 18)
• Dricus Du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland – UFC 312 (February 8)
• Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez – UFC 312 (February 8)
• Jared Cannonier vs. Gregory Rodrigues – UFC Vegas 102 (February 15)

Plenty of lower-profile matchups also came together. For those, check out this week’s quick hits:

• Marco Tulio vs. Ihor Potieria – UFC Vegas 101 (January 11)
• Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Clayton Carpenter – UFC 311 (January 18)
• Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Dylan Budka – UFC Vegas 102 (February 15)
• Billy Ray Goff vs. Nikolay Veretennikov – UFC Vegas 102 (February 15)
• Jean Silva vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan – UFC Seattle (February 22)
• Adam Fugitt vs. Islam Dulatov – UFC Seattle (February 22)
• Andrey Pulyaev vs. Christian Leroy Duncan – UFC London (March 22)
• Ronaldo Rodríguez vs. Kevin Borjas – UFC Mexico (March 29)

But it wasn’t all positive, with one fight being delayed. For information on that, see the link below:

• Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas – UFC Tampa (December 14, rescheduled for UFC Vegas 101 on January 11)