Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is working on a bantamweight showdown between Cody Garbrandt and Takeya Mizugaki for its upcoming UFC 202 pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for Aug. 20, 2016 inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The pairing is a bit surprising when you consider that Garbrandt (9-0), fresh off his destruction of Thomas Almeida back in May, is ranked No. 7 in the 135-pound division and much closer to a potential bantamweight title shot than his Japanese counterpart.
Mizugaki (21-9-2), ranked No. 11, recently snapped a two-fight skid by out-pointing George Roop in late 2015.