A lightweight bout has been added to UFC Fight Night 34 on January 4th in Singapore as a pair of fighters will make their UFC debuts as Mairbek Taisumov meets Tae Hyun Bang.
The fight booking was announced by the UFC on Tuesday evening and the bout will be apart of the preliminary card.
UFC Fight Night 34 will take place on January 4th from the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore and broadcast plans will be announced shortly by the UFC.
Taisumov (20-4) is currently on a three fight winning streak and has won eight of his last night fights. During his recent winning streak, all of the wins have come by stoppage with two of those wins coming in the first round.
Bang (16-7) returned to mixed martial arts earlier this year after not having a fight in nearly three years. In his return, he defeated Joo Dong Hwang by TKO in the second round at Top FC and it was his eighth career win by TKO/KO.
The current UFC Fight Night 34: Saffiedine vs. Lim card is below:
Tarec Saffiedine (14-3) vs. Hyun Gyu Lim (12-3-1)
Tatsuya Kawajiri (32-7-2) vs. TBD
Kiichi Kunimoto (15-5-2, 1NC) vs. Luiz Besouro (11-2-1)
Shunichi Shimizu (28-8-10) vs. Kyung Ho Kang (11-7, 1NC)
Katsunori Kikuno (21-5-2) vs. Quinn Mulhern (18-3)
Max Holloway (7-3) vs. Will Chope (19-5)
Dustin Kimura (10-1) vs. Jon Delos Reyes (7-2)
Royston Wee (2-0) vs. David Galer (5-0)
Mairbek Taisumov (20-4) vs Tae Hyun Bang (16-7)