A huge welterweight clash is back on track for 2023.
Shavkat Rakhmonov (16-0) and Geoff Neal (15-4) are set to fight at UFC 285 in Las Vegas on March 4.
The welterweight contenders were originally scheduled to fight at UFC Vegas 67 on Jan. 14, but Neal was forced to withdraw from that date due to an injury.
The new booking was first reported by ESPN.
Rakhmonov is unbeaten in 16 pro bouts, including four UFC appearances in which none of his opponents have made it past the second round.
The Kazakh contender most recently defeated veteran Neil Magny via submission this past June.
Neal, 7-2 in the UFC, is coming off of back-to-back wins over Vicente Luque and Santiago Ponzinibbio.
After narrowly edging out a win over Ponzinibbio via split decision in December 2021, Neal closed out his lone appearance of 2022 in emphatic fashion, knocking Vicente Luque out in Round 3 of their fight at UFC Vegas 59.
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