UFC News: Three more fights announced for New Zealand event

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UFC has announced the addition of three more fights to an already well-stacked Auckland card on 22nd February which features a lightweight bout between Paul Felder and Dan Hooker as the headliner. The recent addition will see three Australian fighters, namely Tyson Pedro, Jake Matthews and Ben Sosoli making the trip to New Zealand.

Pedro will be looking to improve his record in the UFC when he goes up against Brazilian fighter Vinicius Moreira in a light heavyweight bout. Pedro has not won in the past couple of years and will be eager to get his hand raised this time around.

Matthews will take on Norwegian Emil Meek in a welterweight clash. Matthews won 4 out of his last 5 fights and he will be looking to move further up the welterweight ranks. His counterpart Meek will make a comeback to the Octagon after being sidelined with injury since 2018.

In a heavyweight match-up, Sosoli will go toe to toe against Marcos Rogerio de Lima. Sosoli recently fought Greg Hardy and lost via unanimous decision only for the loss to be overturned into a no-contest later, due to Hardy using an inhaler in between rounds. His opponent Lima is coming off a submission loss to Stefan Struve.

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Edited by Raunak J