A new fight has been officially added to the upcoming UFC 316 event. MarQuel Mederos (10-1) is scheduled to face newcomer Mark Choinski (8-0) in a lightweight contest set for the preliminary portion of the card.
UFC 316 is scheduled to take place this Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Mederos was previously slated to compete last Saturday at UFC Vegas 107 against Bolaji Oki but withdrew from the bout due to illness. Oki went on to defeat late replacement fighter Michael Aswell. Mederos appears to have recovered quickly from his undisclosed illness and is ready to compete just one week later. He aims to extend his UFC record to 3-0, having previously secured decision victories over Austin Hubbard and Landon Quinones.
His opponent, Mark Choinski, holds an unblemished professional record of 8-0. He most recently competed under the Anthony Pettis FC banner, where he secured a submission win against John Ramirez in his last outing. Choinski has been removed from a planned APFC fight scheduled for June 15th against Zach Zane to make his promotional debut in the UFC.
The UFC 316 event will be headlined by a highly anticipated men`s bantamweight championship rematch between Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O’Malley. In the co-main event slot, two-time women`s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña is set to defend her title against Kayla Harrison.
Below is the currently updated lineup for the event:
Main Card (ESPN+ pay-per-view)
- Merab Dvalishvili vs. Sean O’Malley (Men`s Bantamweight Title)
- Julianna Peña vs. Kayla Harrison (Women`s Bantamweight Title)
- Kelvin Gastelum vs. Joe Pyfer
- Mario Bautista vs. Patchy Mix
- Vicente Luque vs. Kevin Holland
Preliminaries (ESPN, ESPN+, Disney+)
- Bruno Silva vs. Joshua Van
- Azamat Murzakanov vs. Brendson Ribeiro
- Serghei Spivac vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta
- Khaos Williams vs. Andreas Gustafsson
Early Prelims (ESPN+, Disney+)
- Ariane da Silva vs. Wang Cong
- Jeka Saragih vs. Joo Sang Yoo
- Quillan Salkilld vs. Yanal Ashmouz
- MarQuel Mederos vs. Mark Choinski (Lightweight)
