A recently reported featherweight bout for UFC Fight Night 79 in Korea is now official as Doo Ho Choi will meet Sam Sicilia on the preliminary card.
The matchup was recently added to the official fight card on the UFC website.
UFC Fight Night 79 will come from the Olympic Park Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, Korea on November 28 and will be headlined by a welterweight bout as Benson Henderson meets Thiago Alves.
Choi (12-1) won his UFC debut last year when he defeated Juan Manuel Puig at UFC Fight Night 57. This is the third time that Choi has been booked to face Sicilia and Choi pulled out of the previous bouts due to injury. Sicilia (15-5) has won back to back fights and three of his last four. His most recent win came in July as he defeared Yaotzin Meza by unanimous decision.
The current UFC Fight Night 79: Henderson vs. Alves fight card is below.
Main Card: (UFC Fight Pass)
Benson Henderson (22-5) vs. Thiago Alves (26-10)
Mirko Cro Cop (31-11-2, 1NC) vs. Anthony Hamilton (14-4)
Dong Hyun Kim (20-3-1) vs. Jorge Masvidal (29-9)
Yoshihiro Akiyama (14-5) vs. Alberto Mina (11-0)
Preliminary Card: (UFC Fight Pass)
Doo Ho Choi (12-1) vs. Sam Sicilia (15-5)