A welterweight fight has been added to the UFC Fight Night event on April 10.
Dropping down to 170 pounds, Impa Kasanganay is set to take on Sasha Palatnikov at a location and venue to be announced.
Two people with knowledge of the matchup informed MMA Junkie of the booking Thursday but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.
Kasanganay (8-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) looks to rebound from being on the receiving end of MMA Junkie’s 2020 “Knockout of the Year” against Joaquin Buckley lasy October. Prior to that defeat, Kasanganay won a unanimous decision over Maki Pitolo in August.
At UFC 255 in November, Palatnikov (6-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) became the first athlete from Hong Kong to compete in a UFC fight. Not only did he compete, he defeated Louis Cosce by third-round TKO in a “Fight of the Night” bonus-earning performance.
With the addition, the April 10 lineup includes:
- Darren Till vs. Marvin Vettori
- Nina Ansaroff vs. Mackenzie Dern
- Jarjis Danho vs. Yorgan De Castro
- Ignacio Bahamondes vs. John Makdessi
- Norma Dumont vs. Bea Malecki
- Sam Alvey vs. Zak Cummings
- Jordan Griffin vs. Luis Saldana
- Arnold Allen vs. Sodiq Yusuff
- Hunter Azure vs. Jack Shore
- Kyle Daukaus vs. Aliaskhab Khizriev
- Shamil Gamzatov vs. Da Un Jung
- Mike Perry vs. Daniel Rodriguez
- Impa Kasanganay vs. Sasha Palatnikov