Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will separate contender from pretender when Lando Vannata and David Teymur hook ‘em up in a featured lightweight battle at the upcoming UFC 209 pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for March 4, 2017 inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The promotion brought word of the booking on Wednesday.
Vannata (9-1) nearly upset the 155-pound apple cart in his Octagon debut, giving top contender Tony Ferguson all sorts of trouble before succumbing to a second-round submission. “Groovy” quickly rebounded with a technical knockout win over John Makdessi at UFC 206 just a few weeks back.