Chris Curtis vs. Anthony Hernandez Booked for UFC Event on Sept. 16

Chris
Curtis will square off against Anthony
Hernandez at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event on Sept.
16.

MMAFighting.com was first to report the middleweight pairing.
The card is expected to take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las
Vegas and is headlined by a women’s flyweight title bout between
Alexa
Grasso and Valentina
Shevchenko.

Curtis is coming off a UFC 289 matchup against Nassourdine
Imavov that was ruled a no contest 3:04 into the second round
due to an accidental clash of heads. Prior to that, “Action Man”
dropped a three-round verdict to Kelvin
Gastelum at UFC 287. The 35-year-old Xtreme Couture member is
4-2 with one no contest in the Octagon and 30-10 as a professional
overall.

After losing two of his first three UFC appearances, Hernandez has
won four straight fights within the Las Vegas-based promotion. Most
recently, “Fluffy” defeated Edmen
Shahbazyan via third-round TKO at UFC Fight Night 223 on May
20.