Max
Griffin boasts a wealth of UFC experience. | Getty/UFC
There will be a significant gap in big-fight experience when
Max
Griffin and Victor
Valenzuela lock horns on April 25.
Griffin, an 18-time Octagon veteran, and Valenzuela, a promotional
newcomer, will meet in a welterweight contest at
UFC Fight Night 274. The bout was first reported by MMAFighting.com. UFC Fight Night 274 takes
place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a
bantamweight scrap pitting Aljamain
Sterling against Youssef
Zalal.
Veteran vs. Rookie
Griffin has last three of his last four outings. Most recently, the
40-year-old Californian dropped a split verdict to Chris
Curtis at UFC on ESPN 70 on July 12. Griffin is 8-10 during his
UFC tenure, with notable wins over the likes of Tim Means,
Carlos
Condit and Mike
Perry.
Valenzuela, meanwhile, suffered a second-round TKO loss to Michael
Oliveira on Dana White’s Contender Series last October. He has
since rebounded with a stoppage win over Yusaku
Kinoshita at Lemino Shooto Vol. 4 on March 30. Valenzuela is a
former Fury FC welterweight champ and has also competed for
organizations such as LFA, Ring of Combat and Combate Global.