South Africa’s Cameron Saaiman will return to the UFC octagon on Saturday, 26 April at UFC Kansas Metropolis Battle Night time.
His bantamweight bout will probably be among the many preliminary motion on the evening, with the bout more likely to begin someplace between midnight and 01:00 (SA time).
The bout will probably be screened stay on SuperSport.
Saaiman hasn’t fought since dropping to Payton Talbott in March 2024 which noticed his report drop to 9-2.
Scorching begin
Saaiman will face undefeated American Malcolm Wellmaker (8-0) who will probably be making his UFC debut.
Wellmaker, referred to as “The Machine,” graduated to the UFC through Dana White’s Contender Collection (DWCS) final yr.
He boasts six finishes amongst his eight wins, with six by the use of KO/TKO, and two submissions.
In the meantime, Saaiman had a scorching begin to his UFC profession, successful a trio of fights following his personal look on DWCS in 2022.
Nonetheless, he then bumped into “prospect killer” Christian Rodriguez, dropping a call, previous to the loss in opposition to Talbott.
CAMERON SAAIMAN’S FIGHT RECORD
| End result | Report | Opponent | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 9-2 | Payton Talbott | TKO (punches) |
| Loss | 9-1 | Christian Rodriguez | Determination (unanimous) |
| Win | 9-0 | Terrence Mitchell | TKO (punches) |
| Win | 8-0 | Leomana Martinez | Determination (majority) |
| Win | 7-0 | Steven Koslow | TKO (knees and punches) |
| Win | 6-0 | Josh Wang-Kim | KO (punch) |
| Win | 5-0 | Sindile Manengela | Determination (unanimous) |
| Win | 4-0 | Roevan De Beer | TKO (punches) |
| Win | 3-0 | Billy Oosthuizen | Submission (rear-naked choke) |
| Win | 2-0 | Zwelibanzi Ngema | TKO (punches) |
| Win | 1-0 | Corne Blom | TKO (punches) |
UFC Kansas Metropolis takes place on Saturday, 26 April on the T-Cellular Middle in Kansas Metropolis.
The next match-ups have been confirmed for the occasion:
MAIN CARD
- Ian Machado Garry vs Carlos Prates
- Anthony Smith vs Zhang Mingyang
- Giga Chikadze vs David Onama
- Michel Pereira vs Abusupiyan Magomedov
- Randy Brown vs Nicolas Dalby
- Ikram Aliskerov vs Andre Muniz
PRELIMINARIES
- Malcolm Wellmaker vs Cameron Saaiman
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