Overview
- Light heavyweights Modestas Bukauskas and Rodolfo Bellato are booked for May 16 at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas as part of UFC Vegas 117.
- Multiple outlets reported agreements in place, and Bukauskas later confirmed the fight after signing his bout agreement on social media.
- Bellato enters off a TKO of Luke Fernandez at UFC 326 that earned him a Performance of the Night bonus.
- Bukauskas targets a rebound after a knockout defeat to Nikita Krylov at UFC 324 halted his recent win streak.
- The UFC Vegas 117 card is slated to be headlined by a five-round featherweight bout between Arnold Allen and Melquizael Costa.