UFC 320 adds Josh Emmett vs. Youssef Zalal

Nolan King, MMA Junkie

Ranked featherweights will collide at UFC 320.

Josh Emmett and Youssef Zalal will throw down at the Oct. 4 pay-per-view event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the promotion announced Saturday.

Emmett (19-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) has dropped three of his four most recent fights, though the losses have come against Yair Rodriguez, Ilia Topuria, and Lerone Murphy. The lone win in the stretch was a violent knockout of Bryce Mitchell.

Zalal (17-5-1 MMA, 7-3-1 UFC) has won seven MMA bouts in a row and is 4-0 since he returned to the promotion in early 2024. Wins in his second UFC stint include Billy Quarantillo, Jarno Errens, Jack Shore, and Calvin Kattar thus far.

With the addition, the UFC 320 lineup includes:

• Champion Magomed Anakalaev vs. Alex Pereira – for light heavyweight title

• Champion Merab Dvalishvili vs. Cory Sandhagen – for bantamweight title

• Jiri Prochazka vs. Khalil Rountree

• Josh Emmett vs. Youssef Zalal

• Abus Magomedov vs. Joe Pyfer

• Patchy Mix vs. Jakub Wiklacz

• Macy Chiasson vs. Yana Santos

• Andre Muniz vs. Edmen Shahbazyan

• Ozzy Diaz vs. Oteba Gautier

• Farid Basharat vs. Chris Gutierrez

• Veronica Hardy vs. Brogan Walker

• Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Austin Vanderford

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