Song Yadong vs. Petr Yan added to Miami event

LAS VEGAS – UFC 299 in Miami is loaded with big contender fights and the additions keep coming.

A long-rumored bantamweight bout between Song Yadong and Petr Yan is on the books for the March 9 event at Kaseya Center, UFC CEO Dana White announced Saturday following UFC 296.

Song (21-7-1 MMA, 10-2 UFC) and Yan (16-5 MMA, 8-4 UFC) were initially linked for a Dec. 9 bout in Shanghai, China. However, it never materialized and Song was matched with Chris Gutierrez instead. The bout was eventually moved to Las Vegas. Song won by unanimous decision. The win over Gutierrez was his second in a row, after a knockout of Ricky Simon.

Yan is a former UFC bantamweight champion, who enters the bout on a three-fight skid. The losses were against Aljamain Sterling, Sean O’Malley, and Merab Dvalishvili. He has not competed since March.

With the addition, the UFC 299 fight card includes:

• Champion Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera – for bantamweight title
• Gilbert Burns vs. Jack Della Maddalena
• Jailton Almeida vs. Curtis Blaydes
• Ian Machado Garry vs. Geoff Neal
• Song Yadong vs. Petr Yan
• Pedro Munhoz vs. Kyler Phillips
• Asu Almabaev vs. CJ Vergara
• Maycee Barber vs. Katlyn Chookagian
• Rafael dos Anjos vs. Mateusz Gamrot
• Lauren Murphy vs. Karine Silva
• Kevin Holland vs. Michael Page

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 299.