Cody Brundage vs. Zachary Reese Booked for UFC Austin on Dec. 2

Cody Brundage will get in one more Octagon appearance before the end of the year.

Brundage (9-5) has been booked to welcome undefeated promotional debutant Zachary Reese (6-0) in a middleweight contest at the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s upcoming fight night in Austin, Texas, on Dec. 2. The matchup was first reported on Monday by Damon Martin of MMA Fighting. It will be the fourth fight of 2023 for the 29-year-old Factory X product, who will look to even up his record for the year after following up back-to-back losses to Rodolfo Vieira and Sedriques Dumas in April and June with a disqualification win over Jacob Malkoun at UFC Fight Night 228 last month. Brundage’s overall UFC record currently sits at 3-4 since joining the promotion in September 2021, a year after his unsuccessful appearance on Dana White's Contender Series.

Meanwhile, Reese earned his UFC contract with a first-round submission win over Eli Aronov on the Contender Series in August. The Houston native, also 29 years old, has never seen the second round of a fight in his six professional outings.

The UFC’s final domestic, non pay-per-view card of 2023 is set to take place at Moody Center in Austin, Texas, on Dec. 2. While no main event has been announced officially, the card already features a pair of high-level matchups in a lightweight clash between Beneil Dariush and Arman Tsarukyan, and the bantamweight debut of former flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo against longtime contender Rob Font.