{"id":864378,"date":"2026-08-22T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/864378\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T13:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:00:11","slug":"andre-fili-vs-kai-kamaka-iii-added-to-ufc-vegas-122-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/864378\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Fili vs. Kai Kamaka III added to UFC Vegas 122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC veterans will meet in October as Fili looks to snap a two-fight losing streak and Kamaka seeks to rebound from a recent TKO loss.<\/p>\n<p>Although <a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/news\/andre-fili-vs-daniel-pineda-preview\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andre Fili<\/a> has lost his two Octagon appearances this year, the American has a new fight booked. The <a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/ufc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC<\/a> featherweight is set to face <a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/news\/kai-kamaka-believes-beating-brendan-loughnane-means-more-than-getting-to-pfl-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kai Kamaka III<\/a>\u00a0at <a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/news\/lupita-godinez-set-to-face-ketlen-souza-at-ufc-vegas-122\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC Vegas 122<\/a> on Oct. 10, according to a report by MMA Junkie, although the UFC is still expected to make an official announcement. The matchup adds another experienced fighter to the event&#8217;s card.<\/p>\n<p>Andre Fili Returns to Action<\/p>\n<p>With more than a decade competing in the UFC and 27 fights in the promotion, Fili has faced several notable names throughout his career. However, the 35-year-old has gone through a rough stretch in recent years, compiling a 2-4 record since 2024. Fili will now make his third UFC appearance of the year looking to get back on track after losing his last two fights, including a TKO defeat to Vinicius Oliveira.<\/p>\n<p>Kai Kamaka III Looks To Bounce Back<\/p>\n<p>Kamaka, meanwhile, returned to the UFC this year after parting ways with the promotion in 2021. During his time away, the American competed under the Bellator, PFL and Tuff-N-Uff banners before earning another opportunity with the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Since returning to the promotion earlier this year, Kamaka has stepped into the Octagon twice, compiling a 1-1 record. The featherweight will now try to rebound from a TKO loss to Luke Riley in his last fight.<\/p>\n<p>The matchup gives both featherweights an opportunity to regain momentum in a competitive division as UFC Vegas 122 continues to take shape.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mma_kings\/status\/2090569385614172318\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UFC veterans will meet in October as Fili looks to snap a two-fight losing streak and Kamaka&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":864126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[44180,64,63,66246,786,432966,785,85,787],"class_list":["post-864378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-andre-fili","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-featherweight","tag-fighting","tag-kai-kamaka","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=864378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}