A bantamweight match-up between Bryan Caraway and Lucas Martins has been added to the UFC 170 fight card.
UFC officials announced the match-up overnight.
Bryan Caraway takes on Lucas Martins at UFC 170 in Vegas
Caraway (18-6) had a three-fight winning streak snapped by Takeya Mizugaki, but bounced back with a guillotine choke victory over Johnny Bedford at UFC 159 in April. Caraway has been inactive since then, due to the filming of season 18 of The Ultimate Fighter.
Martins (14-1) lost his UFC debut to Edson Barboza in January, however has followed up with two wins in a row. He knocked out Jeremy Larsen at UFC on FX 8 in May and most recently at UFC Fight Night 28 in September “Mineiro” tapped out Junior Hernandez in his bantamweight debut.
Caraway vs. Martins will likely take place on the FOX Sports 1 preliminary portion of the fight card.
UFC 170 goes down Feb. 22nd from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV. The main event is a Women’s Bantamweight Championship bout pitting two former Olympians against each other, as 2008 freestyle wrestling silver medalist Sara McMann challenges 2008 judo bronze medalist Ronda Rousey. Stay tuned to MMASucka for more on this and other events.
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