Makhachkala, August 18, 2015. The Russian UFC flyweight champion, Ali Bagautinov will fight against the eminent UFC veteran Joseph Benavides, the website UFC reports.

The bout will take place in Houston within the show UFC 192 on October 3. For Dagestan athlete this will become the 5th battle in his career in the UFC. In September 2013, Bagautinov knocked down Marcos Vinicius, and then defeated Tim Elliott and John Lineker. Having lost the last fight to the flyweight champion Demetrius Johnson, Ali did not get in the ring since June last year.

It should be noted that other Dagestan sportsmen Ruslan Magomedov and Islam Makhachev would fight at UFC 192 this night. As reported, Sean Jordan and Adriano Martins will become their rivals.