Movsar Evloev Takes on Aljamain Sterling at UFC 307 on Oct. 5

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has started building its Salt Lake City event.

The first fight of UFC 307 is on the books, as Movsar Evloev (18-0) will come to blows with Aljamain Sterling (24-4) in a pivotal featherweight affair. While the two hinted at this fight coming together this past month, French social media account MMA Propagande first reported on the matchup on Wednesday. Sterling confirmed the bout on social media on Friday. This fight card is expected to take place at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Oct. 5, and the double championship main event is rumored to be Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway with the co-headliner of Raquel Pennington vs. Julianna Pena .

Evloev has not tasted defeat as a pro, including eight appearances in the Octagon since debuting in 2019. The Russian has gone the distance in eight straight outings as well, accounting for the lion’s share of his career decision wins. Now training out of American top team, Evloev celebrates recent wins over Arnold Allen and Diego Lopes , the latter with Lopes coming in on short notice. With seven wins coming at 145 pounds, Evloev is already in the top five at featherweight for the most decision triumphs.

Former bantamweight king Sterling jumped up to the 145-pound shark tank after losing his belt to Sean O'Malley in August 2023. “Aljo” introduced himself to the new weight class by running roughshod over Calvin Kattar at UFC 300, hitting a whopping eight takedowns on “The Boston Finisher” en route to a clear-cut decision win. Before getting mollywhopped by O’Malley, Sterling had strung together a nine-fight win streak, prevailing over names including Henry Cejudo , T.J. Dillashaw and Petr Yan twice.