Chris Weidman’s light heavyweight debut is set.
The former UFC middleweight champion meets rising 205-pound contender Dominick Reyes in the UFC Boston main event on Oct. 18, ESPN reported Tuesday. Both fighters have verbally agreed to the matchup and contracts are expected to be signed shortly, according to the report.
Weidman announced he was moving up in weight last month. He is coming off a third-round TKO loss to Ronaldo Souza at UFC 230 last year. Weidman has been healing a hand injury since that fight.
Weidman, a New York native, is 1-4 in his last five dating back to 2015.