Drew Dober. | Getty/UFC
The UFC 326 card has received a boost in the form of two long-lived lightweights.Drew Dober and Michael Johnson meet March 7 in a 155-pound match at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Dober confirmed the booking on social media after an initial message from MMAjunkie.com. UFC 326 is headlined by a BMF title shot between Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira. The event will air in its entirety on Paramount+.
Experience counts
Dober snapped a three-fight skid in his last outing when he scored a third-round TKO of Kyle Prepolec at UFC Vancouver last October. The 37-year-old Nebraska native ranks eighth on the promotion’s all-time knockouts list with eight. He has notable victories over the likes of Jamie Varner, Joshua Burkman, Nasrat Haqparast, Alexander Hernandez, Terrance McKinney and Bobby Green. Dober is 14-11 in the Octagon since his debut in 2013.
Johnson, meanwhile, is in the midst of a three-fight winning streak after back-to-back victories over Darrius Flowers, Ottman Azaitar and Daniel Zellhuber. “The Menace” was scheduled to face Hernandez at UFC 324, but the fight was canceled the day of the event due to irregular betting patterns. The “The Ultimate Fighter 12” finalist is 16-15 over the course of a promotional period that began in December 2010.
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