Three Bouts Confirmed for UFC Fight Night 218, Including Return of Doo Ho Choi

Three fights, including the return of Doo Ho Choi, were recently announced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship for its Feb. 4 event.

Choi will lock horns with Kyle Nelson at featherweight; Tatsuro Taira will face Jesus Santos Aguilar at flyweight and Jun Yong Park will meet Denis Tiuliulin at middleweight at UFC Fight Night 218. The event takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a heavyweight duel between Derrick Lewis and Sergey Spivak.

Choi will see action for the first time since December 2019, when he suffered a second-round TKO defeat to Charles Jourdain – his third consecutive loss in the Octagon. “The Korean Superboy” was slated to face Danny Chavez in July 2021 but withdrew from the contest due to injury.

Canada’s Nelson has lost four of his five promotional appearances. Most recently, he was outpointed by Jai Herbert at UFC Fight Night 208 on July 23.

Undefeated in 12 professional outings, Taira has emerged as an intriguing prospect at 125 pounds. The 22-year-old Okinawa, Japan, native has kicked off his Octagon tenure with victories against Carlos Candelario and C.J. Vergara.

Mexico’s Aguilar is coming off a third-round submission win over Erisson Ferreira da Silva on Dana White’s Contender Series this past August. The Victory Fight Club export owns an 8-1 career mark that includes a pair of victories under the Combate Global banner.

Park has won five of his last six outings in the promotion. The South Korea native known as “The Iron Turtle” completed a 2-0 2022 campaign that featured triumphs over Eryk Anders and Joseph Holmes.

Tiuliulin split a pair of Octagon appearances this past year. After falling to Aliaskhab Khizriev via submission at UFC on ESPN 33, the Russian rebounded to earn a second-round TKO against Jamie Pickett at UFC 279.

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