Payton
Talbott will square off against Yanis
Ghemmouri at UFC
303.
The promotion recently announced the bantamweight pairing via
social media. UFC 303 takes place on June 29 at the T-Mobile Arena
in Las Vegas and is headlined by a welterweight clash pitting
Conor
McGregor against Michael
Chandler.
Talbott has kicked off his professional tenure with eight
consecutive triumphs — including two in
UFC competition. After earning a contract on
Dana White’s Contender Series last August, the Reno, Nevada,
resident began his UFC career with stoppages of Nick
Aguirre and Cameron
Saaiman in his first two outings.
Ghemmouri, meanwhile, made his Octagon debut at UFC Fight Night
226, where he suffered a a third-round technical knockout defeat to
William
Gomis this past September. Prior to that loss, the 29-year-old
Frenchman had been victorious in his last nine professional
appearances.