Two more bouts have been added to UFC Fight Night on May 13, as Tim Means will square off against Alex Morono at welterweight, while Carlos Ulberg will face Ihor Potieria at light heavyweight.
Means vs. Morono was initially reported by MMAjunkie.com, while MMA Mania first brought word of Ulberg vs. Potieira. UFC Fight Night is headlined by a light heavyweight tilt pitting Anthony Smith against Johnny Walker. The card doesn’t yet have an official location or venue.
A 26-time Octagon veteran, Means is coming off an 0-2 campaign in 2022. “The Dirty Bird” suffered a second-round submission defeat to Kevin Holland at UFC on ESPN 37 before dropping a split verdict against Max Griffin at UFC Fight Night 213 this past October.
Morono, meanwhile, had a four-bout winnings streak snapped in his last outing, when he suffered a third-round TKO loss to Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC 282 on Dec. 10. Prior to that, the Fortis MMA product had bested Donald Cerrone, David Zawada, Mickey Gall and Matthew Semelsberger in succession.
Ulberg has won three consecutive contests after losing his promotional debut to Kennedy Nzechukwu at UFC 259. Most recently, the City Kickboxing export knocked out Nicolae Negumereanu in the opening stanza of their clash at UFC 281 on Nov. 12.
A competitor on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2021, Potieria has split a pair of bouts under the UFC banner. In his last outing, “The Duelist” scored a first-round stoppage of former light heavyweight champ Mauricio Rua at UFC 283.
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