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The UFC 219 card is complete with the addition of a flyweight tilt pitting Tim Elliott against Mark Delarosa.
The promotion confirmed the 125-pound pairing on Wednesday. UFC 219 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Dec. 30 and is headlined by a women’s featherweight championship clash between Cristiane Justino and Holly Holm. The 11-bout card begins with prelims on UFC Fight Pass at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT before moving to Fox Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The main draw is available via pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
Elliott was supposed to compete at UFC on Fox 26 last weekend, but he refused to accept a catchweight fight against Pietro Menga when his opponent came in five pounds overweight. The former flyweight title challenger last appeared at UFC Fight Night 110, where he suffered a 49-second submission defeat to Ben Nguyen.
Delarosa, meanwhile, enters his promotional debut with a 9-0 mark. The resume of the 23-year-old Fort Worth, Texas, native includes a pair of submission victories under the Combate Americas banner earlier this year. “The Bumblebee” has finished five of his opponents by way of tapout and one via TKO.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
