Nearly two weeks after Anthony Pettis challenged Stephen Thompson to a fight on social media, UFC is close to making the match official.
Per ESPN's Ariel Helwani, Thompson and Pettis have verbally agreed to a welterweight matchup at a UFC Fight Night show on March 23 in Nashville.
This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.
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