Two more bouts have been added to the UFC 303
lineup, as Joe Pyfer
will face Marc-Andre
Barriault at middleweight, while Michelle
Waterson-Gomez will meet Gillian
Robertson at strawweight.
The Las Vegas-based promotion confirmed the pairing on Wednesday.
UFC 303 takes place on June 29 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas
and is headlined by a welterweight showdown pitting Conor
McGregor against Michael
Chandler.
After winning his first three Octagon appearances inside the
distance, Pyfer suffered his first promotional defeat at UFC Fight
Night 236, where he dropped a five-round verdict to Jack
Hermansson in the evening’s headliner on Feb. 10. That defeat
ended a five-bout winning streak overall for the
Dana White’s Contender Series alum.
Barriault was unsuccessful in his first outing of 2024, as he fell
to Chris
Curtis via split decision at UFC 297 on Jan. 20. The Canadian
known as “Power Bar” was coming off a 2-0 campaign the previous
year, when he earned back-to-back triumphs over Julian
Marquez and Eryk
Anders.
A former
Invicta FC atomweight champion, Waterson is currently mired in
a four-bout losing streak. “The Karate Hottie” last appeared at UFC
Fight Night 228, where she suffered a second-round TKO defeat
against Marina
Rodriguez.
Robertson, meanwhile, has been victorious in three of her last four
fights under the UFC banner. She is coming off a second-round
stoppage of Polyana
Viana at UFC 297.
