Billy Goff, Dana White’s Contender Collection Season 6 Week 2 Credit score: Alex Behunin/Cageside Press
Bellator vet and Contender Collection alum Billy Goff has his third UFC battle set.
Goff (9-3) will face Nikolay Veretennikov (12-5) in welterweight motion at UFC Vegas 102 on February 15, 2025.
Goff is 1-1 within the UFC to date, having joined the promotion after stopping Shimon Smotritsky on Dana White’s Contender Collection in 2022. He adopted that up by knocking out Yusaku Kinoshita final 12 months, then returned in Could 2024, dropping a choice in opposition to Trey Waters that nonetheless earned Goff a Combat of the Night time bonus.
Veretennikov, a UFL and Fury FC welterweight champ, dropped his promotional debut for the UFC in his final outing. That noticed him lose a cut up determination in opposition to Danny Barlow in August.
UFC Vegas 102 would be the promotion’s second present on the Apex in 2025, and doesn’t but have a fundamental occasion introduced or reported. The next match-ups have been reported for the Combat Night time card, which comes on the heels of UFC 312 in Sydney, Australia:
Julia Avila vs. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
Rodolfo Vieira vs. Jacob Malkoun
Ismael Bonfim vs. Nazim Sadykhov
Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Gabriel Bonfim
Juliana Miller vs. Carli Judice
Jose Delgado vs. Connor Matthews
Billy Goff vs. Nikolay Veretennikov