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The UFC has announced three new fights for its upcoming numbered event in Los Angeles on Sept. 19, including the second octagon appearance of Gable Steveson and the promotional return of Robelis Despaigne.
Steveson will take on Sean Sharaf, while Despaigne takes on octagon veteran Tai Tuivasa. The other bout officially announced for the line-up is a middleweight showdown between Ryan Gandra and Ozzy Diaz.
UFC 331 will take place at the crypto.com Arena and air live on Paramount+, but the company has yet to reveal the headlining attraction.
Wrestling great Steveson (4-0) made short work of Elisha Ellison in the undercard Conor McGregor vs. Max Holloway 2 in July in his first UFC bout, winning by first-round knockout. All his MMA fights lasted less than four minutes.
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Ortega (16-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC), a former two-time UFC featherweight title challenger, is moving up to the lightweight division to take on veteran Renato Moicano (21-7-1 MMA, 13-7 UFC) in a rematch Sept. 19 at UFC 331 in Los Angeles. UFC officials announced the rematch on Wednesday.
This bout was originally expected to go down in March at UFC 326, but Ortega withdrew due to injury. Ortega and Moicano fought back in 2017. Ortega submitted Moicano in a bout that won Fight of the Night.
Ortega's move to lightweight has been talked about for several years, as he'd had trouble making 145 pounds. In his last outing last August, Ortega was unable to make the featherweight cut, thus pushing his bout with Aljamain Sterling to a 153-pound catchweight bout. Ortega lost the fight by unanimous decision. "T-City" finds himself on a two-fight losing streak and 1-4 in his past five bouts.
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