A 2017 Contender Series winner will finally get a crack at the UFC’s main roster in 2019.
Kyle Stewart will meet Chance Rencountre on Saturday at UFC on ESPN+ at Barclays Center in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. MMA Fighting confirmed an initial report by Damon Martin.
Stewart, 29-year-old Marine Corps sergeant from Tempe, Ariz., has an 11-1 record which includes a second-round TKO of Jason Jackson on the Contender Series Season 1, Episode 3. He’s 3-1 since then and has moved his camp in recent months to The MMA Lab.