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Chris Duncan will get his first main event opportunity on April 4. | Getty/UFC
A pair of American Top Team stablemates will lock horns in the UFC Fight Night 272 main event.
The Las Vegas-based promotion announced on Saturday that Renato “Moicano” Carneiro will lock horns with Chris Duncan in a five-round featherweight bout on April 4 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. UFC Fight Night 272 also includes a women’s strawweight showdown between Virna Jandiroba and Tabatha Ricci and will air on Paramount+.
“Moicano” was initially slated to face Brian Ortega at UFC 326 on March 7 before his opponent withdrew from the bout. After winning four straight fights from November 2022 to September 2024, Carneiro found himself in a short-notice lightweight title tilt against Islam Makhachev at UFC 311. The Brazilian was submitted in the first round of that contest. He returned at UFC 317 this past June, where he dropped a unanimous verdict to Beneil Dariush.
Duncan, meanwhile, has been victorious in six of his seven promotional appearances. During his current four-bout winning streak, “The Problem” has received “Fight of the Night” bonuses for victories over Bolaji Oki and Mateusz Rebecki while also securing finishes against Terrance McKinney and Jordan Vecenic.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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