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Cody Stamann and Rob Font will both look to begin a win streak at the June 22 event.

A pair of ranked bantamweights looking to crack into the top 10 will go head to head at UFC Greenville.

Cody Stamann vs. Rob Font has been added to the June 22 card in Greenville, South Carolina, sources confirmed with Bloody Elbow Tuesday night. BJPenn.com first reported the news.

Stamann is coming off a decision win over Alejandro Perez in March at UFC 235. “Spartan” bounced back in that fight from his first UFC loss, which came against Aljamain Sterling last year. Stamann is 4-1 in the Octagon.

Font has alternated wins and losses in his last four outings. Most recently, the 31-year-old defeated Sergio Pettis last December at UFC on FOX 31, the promotion’s final show on big FOX. Font’s last two losses came to top contenders Raphael Assuncao and Pedro Munhoz. He also holds a notable TKO win over Thomas Almeida.

UFC Greenville will be headlined by a featherweight bout between Renato Moicano and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung. The entire card will stream live on ESPN+.

Could we see Jordan Burroughs in the UFC later this year?

Following his dominant win over Ben Askren at at Beat the Street’s “Grapple at the Garden,” UFC president Dana White has expressed his interest at seeing Jordan Burroughs compete in the UFC.

Burroughs defeated Askren by 11-0, winning by technical fall in the second period. Askren, who is undefeated in MMA and made his UFC debut against Robbie Lawler back in March, was an accomplished freestyle wrestler himself before transitioning over to MMA after competing at the 2008 Olympic games.

Talking on The Jim Rome Show earlier this week, White spoke about his interest in Burroughs and the history behind his and Askren’s relationship.

“Yeah, listen, I’m always interested in, you know, these guys that are considered the best athletes in whatever it is they do wanting to come to the UFC,” White said. “Yeah, obviously I’d be very interested. (Transcription via BJPenn.com)

“Askren is a very interesting guy. He and I have a long history of smack talk between us, and then he retired and was interested in coming into the UFC, and I think timing is everything, and the timing was right for him to come, and he’s been fun since he’s been here.“

Olympic champion Burroughs did recently state he wants “one MMA fight,” so maybe White’s interest might just actually materialize. Askren will compete against Jorge Masvidal at UFC 239.

“In this age of MMA you gotta know it all or you’ll never make it. I guess I would say striking [is the best foundation] because it’s the hardest to learn. It really is a science. Developing angles, it’s so complex, it takes years to master.” — Steve Mazzagatti

The combat sports world is still buzzing about Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs, who dry cleaned Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight contender Ben Askren last Monday night at Beat the Streets charity event in New York City.

That includes UFC President Dana White.

After all, if Burroughs can run through a top fighter like “Funky,” imagine what he could do to the rest of the 170-pound field. Sure, he would have to learn how to throw hands and defend jiu-jitsu holds, but if Brock Lesnar can do it, any wrestler can!

“I’m always interested in, you know, these guys that are considered the best athletes in whatever it is they do wanting to come to the UFC,” White told The Jim Rome Show. “Yeah, obviously I’d be very interested.”

Which is why Olympians like Daniel Cormier, Yoel Romero, and Henry Cejudo are currently doing work at the highest level of cage fighting.

Unfortunately for dreamers like White and some of the fans who think Burroughs only needs six months of MMA training to become champion, there are still a boatload of intangibles to consider, including the marked difference between mat wrestling and cage wrestling.

And you know, that whole getting-punched-in-the-face thing.

“I just want to fight one time, that’s it,” Burroughs recently told ESPN (via MMA Fighting). “I just want one fight. Because like for me, it’s not about the status, not about the glory. It’s not about the money. Like, I just want to throw my hands and see what I’m made of. And I think that wrestlers and fighters have that same fighting spirit. And I really feel like that’s in wrestling and UFC we’re kind of, we collaborate in that way. I’ve always thought about it. I’ve considered it when I was young, I was like, ‘listen, I’m going to fight. I want to be a star. I’m going to fight.’”

UFC is unlikely to put its marketing muscle, which does not come cheap, behind a guy like Burroughs for a one-off. As popular as he’s become in wrestling, the promotion needs casual fans to care when it comes time to convert interest to profit.

Never say never.