Mike Malott to Face Gilbert Urbina at UFC Fight Night Event on July 13

Canada’s Mike Malott is set to return to the Octagon following his first Ultimate Fighting Championship loss against promotional veteran Neil Magny at UFC 297 in January.

“Proper” (10-2) will take on “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 29 finalist Gilbert Urbina (7-3) in a three-round welterweight clash at a UFC Fight Night event set to go down on July 13 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The news was first reported by Canadian outlet Sportsnet in a post to X (formerly known as Twitter). The clash was confirmed by Malott in an Instagram post.

As mentioned earlier, Malott is coming off an upset Round 3 technical knockout loss at the hands of Magny on home soil in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Although “Proper” succeeded at outclassing “The Haitian Sensation” for the first two rounds, in the last minute of the bout, an exhausted Malott found himself in the bottom position, with Magny unloading a barrage of punches from top. With only 15 seconds remaining, referee Kevin MacDonald was forced to stop the bout, awarding Magny a come-from-behind TKO victory.

Meanwhile, Urbina will enter the Octagon on the heels of a Round 1 TKO defeat at the hands of Illinois’ Charlie Radtke in February this year. Prior to that, the 28-year-old recorded a Round 2 TKO victory over Orion Cosce in a 173-pound catchweight meeting at UFC Fight Night 223 in May 2023.