Two Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight prospects are set to collide this summer.
Julian Marquez and Alessio Di Chirico will meet at the “The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale” on July 6 in Las Vegas. The news was first reported by Adam Hill of The Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Both contenders are coming off a second-round finish: Marquez submitted Darren Stewart, whereas Di Chirico knocked out Oluwale Bamgbose. Both these fights took place at UFC on Fox 26.
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