Ion Cutelaba, UFC 299 ceremonial weigh-ins Credit score: Jay Anderson/Cageside Press
The UFC’s return to Montreal, Quebec has added some European flavour within the type of a light-weight heavyweight bout.
Modestas Bukauskas (17-6) will tackle Ion Cutelaba (19-10-1, 1NC) on the occasion on Might 10, 2025 within the Canadian province. Each males are coming off wins earned as a part of UFC Seattle simply over every week in the past.
Promotion officers introduced the reserving on Monday.
Bukauskas completed Raffael Cerqueira on the Seattle card care of a primary spherical knockout, extending his win streak to 2. On his second stint with the UFC, “The Baltic Gladiator” is 4-1 since returning to the large present. The 31-year previous can also be a two-time Cage Warriors mild heavyweight champion.
Moldovan Cutelaba’s arm-triangle end of Ibo Aslan at UFC Seattle additionally prolonged his personal win streak to 2. He’s 3-2 throughout his final 5 fights, and has competed beneath the UFC banner since 2016.
Ion Cutelaba had known as for a rematch with Khalil Rountree Jr. following the Seattle card, regardless of having already received a combat with the title challenger. It appears the UFC wasn’t thinking about entering into that path nevertheless.
UFC 315 is ready for the Bell Centre in Montreal, with welterweight champ Belal Muhammad headlining in a combat reverse Jack Della Maddalena. The next reported match-ups comprise the primary Canadian UFC card of 2025:
Belal Muhammad (c) vs. Jack Della Maddalena – for the UFC welterweight championship
Valentina Shevchenko (c) vs. Manon Fiorot – for the UFC ladies’s flyweight championship
Modestas Bukauskas vs. Ion Cuțelaba
José Aldo vs. Aiemann Zahabi
Jéssica Andrade vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius
Gilbert Burns vs. Michael Morales
Mike Malott vs. Charles Radtke
Alexa Grasso vs. Natália Silva
Navajo Stirling vs. Ivan Erslan
Marc-André Barriault vs. Bruno Silva
Brad Katona vs. Bekzat Almakhan
