The UFC always makes an effort to stack its annual event at Madison Square Garden, and in a recent press release the promotion announced that Kopylov and Rodrigues will square off in a middleweight clash that could take home \u201cFight of the Night\u201d honors on November 15. <\/p>\n
Currently occupying the final spot in the UFC middleweight division\u2019s Top 15, Kopylov dropped back-to-back fights after joining the UFC with an unbeaten record in 2019. <\/p>\n
READ MORE: UFC title hopeful dismisses Diego Lopes’ case for Alexander Volkanovski rematch<\/a><\/p>\n The 34-year-old rebounded from a tough start to his Octagon tenure when he stopped Alessio Di Chirico in 2022, and that win kicked off what eventually turned into a four-fight run where Kopylov stopped all of his opponents with strikes. <\/p>\n Cesar Almeida (red gloves) fights Roman Kopylov (blue gloves) during UFC 302 at Prudential Center. \/ Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images<\/p>\n A step up in competition against current #6-ranked middleweight Anthony Hernandez at UFC 298 brought Kopylov\u2019s winning streak to a halt, and after picking up back-to-back wins over Cesar Almeida and Chris Curtis he dropped a unanimous decision to former title challenger Paulo Costa in his most recent outing at UFC 318. <\/p>\n Standing across from Kopylov at UFC 322 will be the formerly-ranked Rodrigues, who returned to the win column at UFC 317 when he knocked out Jack Hermansson<\/a> and earn a \u201cPerformance of the Night\u201d bonus for his efforts. <\/p>\n READ MORE: Anthony Hernandez updates fans after withdrawing from pivotal UFC Vancouver fight<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cRobocop\u201d was on a three-fight win streak prior to a \u201cFight of the Night\u201d-winning matchup with Jared Cannonier in February. That bout marked Rodrigues\u2019 first headlining slot since joining the UFC, but the Brazilian was stopped by the former middleweight title challenger early in the fourth round. <\/p>\n Gregory Rodrigues (red gloves) fights Denis Tiuliulin (blue gloves) during UFC 292 at TD Garden. \/ Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images<\/p>\n Rodrigues vs. Kopylov is a huge addition to UFC 322 for hardcore fans, as the pair have a combined 21 UFC appearances between them but have each only gone the distance three times in the Octagon. There\u2019s still plenty of room for more fights to be added<\/a> to UFC 322, but card is shaping up like this with just under two months to go until the event. <\/p>\n \u2022\tMain Event: Jack Della Maddalena vs. Islam Makhachev \u2013 For the UFC Welterweight Championship<\/p>\n \u2022\tCo-Main Event: Valentina Shevchenko vs. Weili Zhang \u2013 For the UFC Women\u2019s Flyweight Championship<\/p>\n \u2022\tErin Blanchfield vs. Tracy Cortez<\/p>\n \u2022\tLeon Edwards vs. Carlos Prates<\/p>\n \u2022\tBaisangur Susurkaev vs. Eric McConico<\/p>\n \u2022\tAngela Hill vs. Fatima Kline<\/p>\n \u2022\tGerald Meerschaert vs. Kyle Daukaus<\/p>\n \u2022\tRoman Kopylov vs. Gregory Rodrigues<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Dana White gives grim update on possible UFC White House fight for Jon Jones<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Conor McGregor teases UFC return fight on White House card<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0UFC announces major change to main event fight for UFC Vancouver<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Dana White opens up on possibilities for UFC stadium show following Canelo-Crawford<\/a><\/p>\n Stick with\u00a0MMAKnockout<\/a>\u00a0for more FREE coverage of the UFC and MMA.<\/p>\n Follow MMAKnockout on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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