Report: Lightweight clash added to UFC 326 card

UFC 326 has added a lightweight fight between Drew Dober and Michael Johnson to the March 7 card in Las Vegas, according to a report by MMAJunkie.com.

Max Holloway will face Charles Oliveira in the main event at T-Mobile Arena in a highly anticipated rematch 10-plus years in the making. But before the main event gets started, Dober and Johnson will face off in an intriguing lightweight fight.

Johnson (25-19), a finalist on The Ultimate Fighter 12, is beginning his 16th year in UFC, and the 39-year-old is riding a three-fight win streak following a split in a four-fight stint across 2022-23.

Dober (28-15) ended a three-fight losing streak with a third-round finish of Kyle Prepolec in his most recent outing on Oct. 18.

No. 7 ranked middleweight contender Caio Borralho (17-2) will face No. 8 Reinier De Ridder (21-3) in the co-main event.

UFC 326 FIGHT CARD

Main Card

--Max Holloway vs. Charles Oliveira: Main Event for UFC "BMF" Championship

--Caio Borralho vs. Reinier de Ridder: Co-main event

--Rob Font vs. Raul Rosas Jr.

--Gregory Rodrigues vs. Brunno Ferreira

--Renato Moicano vs. Brian Ortega

--Cody Garbrandt vs. Long Xiao

--Cody Durden vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel

--Dusko Todorovic vs. Donte Johnson

--Sumudaerji vs. Jesus Aguilar

--Gaston Bolanos vs. Joosang Yoo

--Luke Fernandez vs. Rodolfo Bellato

--Alberto Montes vs. Ricky Turcios

--Drew Dober vs. Michael Johnson

Holloway beat Oliveira by TKO in a featherweight bout on Aug. 23, 2015, that lasted less than two minutes after the latter said he suffered a freak neck injury.

Holloway, 34, is a former UFC featherweight champion and current unofficial holder of the UFC's "BMF" designation (a symbolic title representing the promotion's "baddest" fighter). Holloway (27-8) retained the BMF title with a unanimous-decision win over Dustin Poirier in July at UFC 318 last July.

The 36-year-old Oliveira (36-11, 1 no contest) is a former UFC lightweight champion, the class at which both he and Holloway currently compete.