Lightweight Prospects Battle in Abu Dhabi at UFC 333

The UFC has added a thirteenth combat to the UFC 333 occasion in Abu Dhabi on October twenty fourth. Noah Gugnon returns after an superb debut in August. He takes on Kody Steele in the light-weight division.

Multiple sources have confirmed the combat to Heavy.com. The combat takes place at the Etihad Arena and is half of the preliminary card. For Gugnon, it will be his second combat in the UFC. His opponent, Steele, will combat for the third time in the promotion.

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French Fierceness

The 25-year-old Noah Gugnon got signed this 12 months to the UFC. The French fighter began his skilled profession in 2021. After successful his first 4 fights, he suffered back-to-back losses. He closed out 2024 with two wins on the regional scene and signed with Ares FC. At Ares FC, Gugnon impressed with a great knockout win during his debut in the first spherical against Ioan Harris.

Also in his sophomore outing for the promotion, he completed his opponent Adrian Prisceanu with elbows in the first spherical. In April this 12 months, he got a third straight first-round win against Bruno Matos. That win introduced Gugnon close to a title shot, but instead he signed on short discover with the UFC to take on Miloš Janičić in his debut. Gugnon confirmed his stable ground recreation and completed his opponent with a rear-naked choke submission in the first spherical. An excellent debut for Gugnon, who now meets Kody Steele in Abu Dhabi.

Lots Of Potential

Steele is one of the most entertaining fighters in the light-weight division. The 31-year-old American fighter began his skilled MMA profession in 2022. Steele was one of the most recognizable faces of the Fury FC promotion, where he fought six occasions and won all six of those fights. In 2024, he was invited to combat on the Contender Series to earn a UFC contract. Steele had to postpone his combat for a month because his opponent pulled out on combat evening. He got matched up against Chasen Blair. In a very entertaining combat, Steele completed Blair with a physique shot in the second spherical.

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UFC President Dana White was impressed and gave Steele a much-deserved contract. The expectations for Steele were high when he made his official UFC debut early last 12 months against Rongzhu. In a combat awarded the ‘Fight of the Night’ bonus, Steele lost a unanimous determination to the Chinese fighter. Steele virtually did not combat for a 12 months after the loss but bounced back earlier this 12 months with a vicious heel hook submission against Dom Mar Fan in the first spherical. Steele was supposed to combat in August again but had to withdraw from the combat due to an damage. Now he is back for his third combat in the UFC to take on Noah Gugnon.

UFC 333 – Abu Dhabi

• Alexander Volkanovski vs. Movsar Evloev

• Petr Yan vs. Merab Dvalishvili

• Lone’er Kavanagh vs. Ramazan Temirov

• Alexander Volkov vs. Rizvan Kuniev

• Aaron Pico vs. Losene Keita

• Dominick Reyes vs. Azamat Murzakanov

• Abus Magomedov vs. Cam Rowston

• Nikita Krylov vs. Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev

• Grant Dawson vs. Nurullo Aliev

• Abubakar Vagaev vs. Jacob Malkoun

• Asaf Chopurov vs. Colby Thicknesse

• Iasmin Lucindo vs. Nicolle Caliari

• Noah Gugnon vs. Kody Steele

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