Originally set for UFC 275 in Singapore former UFC middleweight champion and former title challenger Marvin Vettori will meet in the octagon at UFC Paris on Sept. 3rd at Accor Arena in France.
The bout was announced by the UFC.
Whittaker (23-6) is coming off losing a rematch against current middleweight king Israel Adesanya at UFC 271 in February. Prior to that he had put together a 3-fight win streak with wins over Kelvin Gastelum, Jared Cannonier and Darren Till.
Vettori(18-5-1) notched a win against Paulo Costa in October 2021. Vettori has had fights fall through since, the original bout against Whittaker included, but he returns to the octagon in Paris.
Two other bouts set for UFC Paris include a flyweight bout between #1 contender Katlyn Chookagian and #6 Manon Fiorot. The other is a middleweight fight between Makhmud Muradov and Abusupiyan Magomedov.
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