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Khalil Rountree vs. Johnny Walker among bouts added to UFC Fight Night 140 in Argentina

The UFC’s first visit to Argentina later this fall continues to build with the addition of a slew of new fights.

Khalil Rountree (7-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) will fight Johnny Walker (14-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) at light heavyweight; Jared Cannonier (10-4 MMA, 3-4 UFC) meets Alessio Di Chirico (12-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) at middleweight; and Guido Cannetti (8-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) takes on Marlon Vera (11-5-1 MMA, 5-4 UFC) at bantamweight. Those fights are expected to be part of the main card.

Expected to be part of the prelims are fights between Enrique Barzola (15-3-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) and Nad Narimani (11-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) at featherweight; Bartosz Fabinski (14-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) vs. Michel Prazeres (25-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) at welterweight; Veronica Macedo (5-2-1 MMA, 0-2 UFC) vs. Maryna Moroz (8-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) in a women’s flyweight bout; and Devin Powell (9-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) vs. Claudio Puelles (8-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at lightweight. UFC officials recently announced the new bookings.

UFC Fight Night 140 takes place Nov. 17 at Parque Roca Arena in Buenos Aires. The card airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

After losing his first two official UFC bouts, “TUF 23” runner-up Rountree has rattled off three straight wins. In 2017, he got knockout wins over Daniel Jolly and Paul Craig. And in July, he stopped Gokhan Saki with a knockout at UFC 226. All three of those stoppage wins have come in the first round. Walker ran his winning streak to six fights with a decision over Luis Henrique da Silva on Dana White’s Contender Series in August. Now he’ll get his first official shot at the UFC.

Cannonier will try to get back in the win column after back-to-back losses to Jan Blachowicz at UFC on FOX 26 and Dominick Reyes in May at UFC Fight Night 129. He has dropped three of his past four fights. Di Chirico has back-to-back wins. In July, he took a split call from Julian Marquez at the TUF 27 Finale to build on a knockout win over Oluwale Bamgbose at UFC on FOX 26.

Cannetti will fight in front of his home fans in Buenos Aires. He got back in the win column in May with a decision over Diego Rivas at UFC Fight night 129. Prior to that, he was submitted by Kyung Ho Kang at UFC Fight Night 124 in January in what was his first fight since August 2015. Vera snapped a two-fight skid in August with a knockout of Fuliji Buren at UFC 227 in Los Angeles. Prior to that, he had back-to-back decision losses to John Lineker and Douglas Andrade.

Barzola has four straight wins, all by decision, against Chris Avila, Gabriel Benitez, Matt Bessette and Brandon Davis. He’ll try to go 3-0 in 2018 when he meets Narimani, who has four straight wins. After winning Cage Warriors’ featherweight title in 2017, he came to the UFC earlier this year and took a decision from Khalid Taha in his promotional debut at UFC Fight Night 134.

Fibinski ran his winning streak to seven fights in July with a decision over Emil Meek at UFC Fight Night 134. That made him a perfect 3-0 in the UFC, including decisions over Garreth McLellan and Hector Urbina. Prazeres has his own seven-fight winning streak, all in the UFC. So far in 2018, he has decision wins over Desmond Green and Zak Cummings.

Macedo will be looking for her first UFC win after suffering the first two losses of her career. She was knocked out by Ashlee Evans-Smith in her promotional debut two years ago. After a lengthy layoff, she returned in May and lost a decision to Andrea Lee at UFC Fight Night 129. Moroz will be trying to snap a two-fight skid, as well. After UFC wins over Cristina Stanciu and Danielle Taylor in 2016, she lost to Carla Esparza and Angela Hill by decision in her two most recent fights.

Powell picked up his first UFC win at UFC on FOX 30 in July with a first-round knockout of Alvaro Herrera. Thta snapped a two-fight skid of decision setbacks against Drakkar Klose and Darrell Horcher. Puelles picked up his first UFC win in May with a kneebar submission of Felipe Silva at UFC Fight Night 129 after a knockout loss to Martin Bravo 18 months prior in his promotional debut.

The latest UFC Fight Night 140 lineup now includes:

  • Neil Magny vs Santiago Ponzinibbio
  • Khalil Rountree vs. Johnny Walker
  • Jared Cannonier vs. Alessio Di Chirico
  • Guido Cannetti vs. Marlon Vera
  • Poliana Botelho vs. Cynthia Calvillo
  • Tom Breese vs. Cezar Ferreira
  • Enrique Barzola vs. Nad Narimani
  • Bartosz Fabinski vs. Michel Prazeres
  • Veronica Macedo vs. Maryna Moroz
  • Devin Powell vs. Claudio Puelles

For more on UFC Fight Night 140, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.

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