Ranked featherweights will collide at UFC 320.
Josh Emmett and Youssef Zalal will throw down at the Oct. 4 pay-per-view event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the promotion announced Saturday.
Emmett (19-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) has dropped three of his four most recent fights, though the losses have come against Yair Rodriguez, Ilia Topuria, and Lerone Murphy. The lone win in the stretch was a violent knockout of Bryce Mitchell.
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Zalal (17-5-1 MMA, 7-3-1 UFC) has won seven MMA bouts in a row and is 4-0 since he returned to the promotion in early 2024. Wins in his second UFC stint include Billy Quarantillo, Jarno Errens, Jack Shore, and Calvin Kattar thus far.
With the addition, the UFC 320 lineup includes:
Champion Magomed Anakalaev vs. Alex Pereira – for light heavyweight title
Champion Merab Dvalishvili vs. Cory Sandhagen – for bantamweight title
Jiri Prochazka vs. Khalil Rountree
Josh Emmett vs. Youssef Zalal
Abus Magomedov vs. Joe Pyfer
Patchy Mix vs. Jakub Wiklacz
Macy Chiasson vs. Yana Santos
Andre Muniz vs. Edmen Shahbazyan
Ozzy Diaz vs. Oteba Gautier
Farid Basharat vs. Chris Gutierrez
Veronica Hardy vs. Brogan Walker
Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Austin Vanderford
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 320 adds new main card fight