A welterweight matchup has a new date at the UFC’s second pay-per-view event of 2021.
Belal Muhammad and Dhiego Lima, who were originally scheduled to meet at UFC Vegas 17, will now fight at UFC 258. The event takes place Feb. 13 with a location still to be determined.
MMA Fighting was able to confirm the booking with a person with knowledge of the promotion’s plans following Muhammad revealing the new date on his podcast Remember the Show on Thursday.
The reason that matchup was scratched from the UFC’s final event of the year was due to Muhammad testing positive for COVID-19.