{"id":269123,"date":"2025-11-08T03:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T03:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/269123\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T03:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T03:19:11","slug":"marcus-buchecha-among-additions-to-final-ufc-card-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/269123\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Buchecha among additions to final UFC card of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">UFC\u2019s last card of 2025 \u2014 and final show to air on ESPN+ \u2014 will feature the second octagon appearance of jiu-jitsu legend Marcus Buchecha, who takes on Kennedy Nzechukwu on Dec. 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">UFC Vegas 112 will close the year for the company at the UFC APEX and also include rising featherweight Melquizael Costa battling Morgan Charriere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The lineup will be topped by a five-round flyweight showdown between Brandon Royval and Manel Kape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Buchecha (5-2) put on a disappointing performance in his UFC debut back in July, gassing out and losing a decision to Martin Buday \u2014 who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2025\/7\/31\/24478395\/ufc-parts-ways-with-ranked-heavyweight-following-ufc-abu-dhabi-win\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">let go by the promotion after completing his deal<\/a>. Buchecha scored all five MMA wins via first-round stoppage under the ONE Championship banner..<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Nzechukwu (14-6) is also looking to get back on track after losing via first-round heel hook to Valter Walker in July, only the second time he\u2019s been submitted in 20 professional bouts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Costa (24-7) won four in a row in a span of 11 months, including back-to-back finishes over Shayilan Nuerdanbieke and Andre Fili. \u201cThe Dalmatian\u201d cashed a $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus in his most recent bout, a decision victory against Julian Erosa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Charriere (21-11-1) is a former Cage Warriors featherweight champion who won three of five since joining the UFC, pocketing bonuses in four of those matches. The Frenchman looks to start another winning streak after knocking Nate Landwehr this past July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The UFC also officially announced a pair of previously reported bouts. In the middleweight division, kickboxing veteran Cesar Almeida will face Poland\u2019s Cezary Oleksiejczuk, while featherweights Joanderson Brito and Melsik Baghdasaryan battle for redemption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC\u2019s last card of 2025 \u2014 and final show to air on ESPN+ \u2014 will feature the second&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,701,638,82,640,702],"class_list":{"0":"post-269123","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc","15":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}