“The Magician” lands a fight on Home Turf as UFC Rio Rancho gains Two Bantamweight Bouts

Just like when the UFC was in New Mexico in 2014, TUF 14 winner, John “The Magician” Dodson will be part of the card.

Dodson, the number 12 ranked bantamweight contender and will face Englishman, Nathaniel “The Prospect” Woods. The former two-time flyweight title challenger has defeated Manny Gamburyan, Eddie Wineland, & Pedro Munhoz, since moving up ten pounds. A pro since 2004, Dodson has ranked up 11 stoppage victories, nine by knockout. Wood is on a seven-fight win streak which includes being 3-0 in the octagon. Wood has impressed everyone scoring all three of his UFC wins by submission.

The card has also gained number 14 ranked contender Bantamweight Casey Kenney versus Merab Dvalishvili. Kenney a former two division LFA champion, has won six in a row. Both Kenney’s UFC win have come by decision., defeating Ray Borg & Manny Bermudez. Dvalishvili came to the UFC on a six-fight win streak, but stumbled losing his first two fights. The native of the country of Georgia, Dvalishvili has rebound with consecutive decision wins over Terrion Ware & Brad Katona.

UFC Fight Night 167 takes place at the Santa Ana Star Center on February 15th and is the 25th Fight Night in ESPN+.

 

  • Light Heavyweight Bout: Corey Anderson (13-4) vs. Jan Blachowicz (25-8)
  • Women’s Bantamweight Bout: Nicco Montano (4-3) vs. Macy Chiasson (5-1)
  • Flyweight Bout: Ray Borg (12-4) vs. Rogerio Bontorin (16-1)
  • Women’s Strawweight Bout: Montana de la Rosa (10-5) vs. Mara Romero Bortella (12-6)
  • Bantamweight Bout: John Dodson (20-11) vs. Nathaniel Wood (16-3)
  • Bantamweight Bout: Casey Kenney (13-1-1) vs. Merab Dvalishvili (9-4)
  • Light Heavyweight Bout: Devin Clark (10-4) vs. Gadzhimurad Antigulov (20-6)
  • Welterweight Bout: Diego Sanchez (29-12) vs. MichelPereira (23-10)
  • Flyweight Bout: Mark De La Rosa (11-3) vs. Raulian Paiva (18-3)

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