A featherweight division attraction has been added to UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris as Darren Elkins is in action against Nate Landwehr.
MMA Junkie first reported the bout, who’s spot on the card isn’t known at this time.
Elkins (24-8-0) enters the contest riding a three fight losing streak, dropping bouts to Ryan Hall, Alexander Volkanovski and Ricardo Lamas. Elkins hasn’t picked up a win in over two years, with that last victory coming over Michael Johnson at UFC Fight Night St. Louis. Elkins has picked up twenty four wins as a professional MMA fighter and twelve of them came by way of decision.
Landwehr (13-3-0) is winless under the UFC banner, dropping a bout to Herbert Burns at UFC Fight Night Raleigh. Landwehr is a former M-1 Challenge Featherweight Champion and he gave up the gold upon signing with the UFC last year. Landwehr has competed sixteen times as a professional MMA fighter and just one of those bouts ended by way of decision.
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris takes place on Saturday, May 16 from the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida with Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris headlining. Fightful is providing live coverage of the event, which airs live on ESPN.
