Several veterans have been confirmed to be competing at the UFC’s debut in Kansas.
Officials announced Tuesday that Tim Boetsch (21-12) will fight Omari Akhmedov (17-4-1) in a middleweight bout at the upcoming March 9 show in Wichita. Also confirmed was the previously reported heavyweight main event between Derrick Lewis (21-6, 1 NC) and Junior dos Santos (20-5), as well as a heavyweight bout between Blagoy Ivanov (16-2, 1 NC) and Ben Rothwell (36-10) and a women’s bantamweight bout between Yana Kunitskaya (11-4, 1 NC) and Marion Reneau (9-4-1).