John Castaneda, UFC 295 ceremonial weigh-in Credit score: Jake Noecker/Cageside Press
Simply days out from the occasion, and days after he was imagined to face Douglas Silva de Andrade at UFC Vegas 103, John Castaneda has a brand new battle.
Castaneda (21-7) is stepping in to exchange Jean Matsumoto at UFC 313, the place he’ll tackle Chris Gutierrez (21-6-2) at featherweight. Matsumoto was pulled from the battle to exchange Dominick Cruz at UFC Seattle, leaving Gutierrez in want of a brand new opponent.
With the Seattle card the week earlier than UFC Vegas 103, and Silva de Andrade pulled from the battle with Castaneda attributable to medical causes, the timing merely labored out.
Gutierrez has been buying and selling wins and losses his final 4 fights, and is coming off a victory over Quang Le final August. In 2022, the Manufacturing facility X product was driving excessive off a win over former light-weight champ and Corridor of Famer Frankie “The Answer” Edgar, a win that capped off an eight-fight unbeaten streak. He’s 2-2 since, arising brief in opposition to Pedro Munhoz and Music Yadong whereas beating Le and Alateng Heili.
John Castaneda noticed a two-fight win streak snapped when he dropped a choice to Daniel Marcos final June.
UFC 313 is ready for the T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas, Nevada this Saturday, March 8, 2025. The complete line-up now seems to be as follows:
Alex Pereira (c) vs. Magomed Ankalaev – for the UFC mild heavyweight championship
Justin Gaethje vs. Rafael Fiziev
Jalin Turner vs. Ignacio Bahamondes
Amanda Lemos vs. Iasmin Lucindo
King Inexperienced vs. Maurício Ruffy
Curtis Blaydes vs. Rizvan Kuniev
Joshua Van vs. Rei Tsuruya
Brunno Ferreira vs. Armen Petrosyan
Alex Morono vs. Carlos Leal
Mairon Santos vs. Francis Marshall
Chris Gutiérrez vs. John Castañeda
Djorden Ribeiro dos Santos vs. Osman Diaz
