Overview
- A lightweight matchup announced Tuesday between Kai Kamaka III and Dakota Hope was added to Saturday's UFC Vegas 115 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, bringing the lineup to 13 fights.
- Kamaka re-signed on roughly five days' notice for his second UFC stint after a 1-2-1 run in 2020–2021 and subsequent stops in Bellator, the PFL and Tuff-N-Uff.
- The bout is set for 155 pounds even though both fighters usually compete at featherweight, giving Kamaka a rapid jump in weight with minimal prep time.
- Hope enters his UFC debut at 11-1 on a five-fight win streak from LFA and Fury FC, and his planned Fury FC featherweight title fight on May 17 now appears uncertain.
- Eurosport reporter Marcel Dorff first revealed the booking, which MMA Fighting, Sherdog and other outlets confirmed, with UFC Vegas 115 headlined by Renato Moicano vs. Chris Duncan on Paramount+.