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PLETHORA OF BOUTS SET FOR UFC FIGHT NIGHT 80

By David Tees on 9/18/2015 8:30 PM

A ton of bouts have been added to UFC Fight Night 80 as Sheldon Westcott faces Edgar Garcia, Michael Graves faces Danny Roberts, Santiago Ponzinibbio faces Andreas Stahl, John Howard faces Tim Means, Phillipe Nover faces Zubaira Tukhugov and Kailin Curran faces Emily Kagan. Westcott is currently winless under the UFC banner and he was a finalist on the UFC Ultimate Fighter Nations. Garcia is also winless thus far in the UFC, but he was a finalist on the UFC Ultimate Fighter Latin America I.

Graves is currently undefeated thus far in the UFC, having defeated Vincente Luque at the UFC Ultimate Fighter 21 Finale. Roberts will be making his UFC debut in this fight and he is a former Cage Warriors Welterweight Champion. Ponzinibbio has won two of his last three in the UFC octagon, most notably defeating Sean Strickland at UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Mir. Stahl is currently winless thus far during his UFC run, dropping a bout to Gilbert Burns at UFC On Fox 12.

Howard has won just one of his last four in his second UFC run, with that lone win coming over Cathal Pendred at UFC 189. Means has won four of his last five in the UFC, with a notable win coming over Dhiego Lima at UFC 184. Nover is currently undefeated in his second UFC run, having defeated Yui Chul Nam at UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Faber. Tukhugov is currently undefeated thus far under the UFC banner, most notably defeating Ernest Chavez at UFC Fight Night: Story vs. Nelson.

Curran is currently winless during her UFC tenure, dropping fights to both Paige VanZant and Alex Chambers. Kagan is also winless thus far during her UFC tenure, having dropped a bout to Angela Hill at the UFC Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale. UFC Fight Night 80 takes place on December 10th from The Chelsea At The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada with Paige VanZant and Joanne Calderwwod headlining.