Further details on the UFC’s summer return to Nashville have been revealed.
The July 12 Fight Night card headlined by a Derrick Lewis-Tallison Teixeira heavyweight bout will feature eight additional contests including a feature fight between Calvin Kattar and Steve Garcia.
The card also includes the following:
-Jake Matthews (21-7) will clash with Chidi Njokuani (25-10, 1 NC) in welterweight action.
-Junior Tafa (6-3) will take on Tuco Tokkos (10-5) at light-heavyweight.
– Dana White’s Contender Series alum Ateba Gautier (7-1) faces Robert Valentin (11-5, 1 NC) at middleweight.
-Vitor Petrino (11-2) makes his heavyweight debut against Austen Lane (13-6, 1 NC).
– Max Griffin (20-11) and Chris Curtis (31-12, 1 NC) will fight at welterweight.
– Fatima Kline (7-1) faces Melissa Martinez (8-1) in a strawweight bout.
– Lauren Murphy (16-6) returns to the octagon against Eduarda Moura (11-1) at flyweight.
Lewis is the UFC’s all-time leader in knockout wins with 15. The 40-year-old American has won two of his past three outings and last fought one year ago when he finished Rodrigo Nascimento.
Teixeira is new to the UFC but is already getting a main event spotlight. The 25-year-old from Brazil earned a contract with a knockout win on Dana White’s Contender Series in September and won his UFC debut at UFC 312 in February with a 35-second stoppage of Justin Tafa.
All eight of Teixeira’s pro fights have ended in a first-round finish, with seven via KO/TKO.
This will mark the seventh UFC event hosted in Nashville and the first since August of 2023.