The Ultimate Fighting Championship announced the addition of a bantamweight bout for this October’s UFC on Versus 6 event between promotion newcomers Walel ‘The Gazelle’ Watson (8-2) and Joseph Sandoval (6-0).
The bout was announced Thursday night via Twitter (@UFC)
– Welcome new UFC bantamweights Walel Watson @135Gazelle and @JosephSandoval1 – they debut October 1 at UVS6
UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson (aka UFC on Versus 6) is scheduled to take place on October 1st at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. The main card is set to air on the Versus network and will feature the first free televised title bout since UFC 75 back in September 2007, as bantamweight title holder Dominick Cruz takes on Demetrious Johnson.
Watson is 1-1 in his last two bouts, but is 8-1 in his last nine. ‘The Gazelle’s’ last bout took place in June at a UWCM 10 event where he earned his seventh submission victory. Watson has never fought into the third round in his pro career. His longest fight lasted for 9:09 and ended in a second round TKO loss at the Tachi Palace Fights 9 event last May.
Sandoval, a Bighead MMA product, is undefeated in six pro-fights and has almost exclusively competed under the Shark Fights banner in Texas. So far Sandoval has earned two wins via (T)KO, one by submission and three by decision.