{"id":37495,"date":"2026-03-31T19:03:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Saturdays-UFC-Fight-Night-272-bill-gets-lastminute-addition-200676"},"modified":"2026-03-31T19:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:03:37","slug":"saturdays-ufc-fight-night-272-bill-gets-last-minute-addition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/saturdays-ufc-fight-night-272-bill-gets-last-minute-addition\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday\u2019s UFC Fight Night 272 bill gets last-minute addition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/saturdays-ufc-fight-night-272-bill-gets-last-minute-addition.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>Kai<br \/>\nKamaka III is headed back to the Octagon. | PFL MMA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-272-April-4-111271\"><br \/>\nUFC Fight Night 272<\/a> lineup sits at 13 bouts after a lightweight<br \/>\nbout was recently added to the card.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Kai-Kamaka-III-117585\">Kai<br \/>\nKamaka III<\/a> will make his promotional return against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dakota-Hope-293145\">Dakota Hope<\/a><br \/>\nin a 155-pound affair on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.<br \/>\nMarcel Dorff was first to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BigMarcel24\/status\/2038780618041880943?s=20\">report<\/a> the pairing. UFC Fight Night 272 is headlined<br \/>\nby a lightweight clash pitting <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Renato-Carneiro-61700\">Renato<br \/>\nCarneiro<\/a> against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Chris-Duncan-74346\">Chris<br \/>\nDuncan<\/a>. The card airs in its entirety on Paramount+ beginning<br \/>\nat 5 p.m. ET\/2 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n<h2>Veteran vs. Prospect<\/h2>\n<p>Kamaka III went 1-2-1 during a brief <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUFC<\/a> stint from 2020 to 2021. \u201cThe Fighting Hawaiian\u201d has also<br \/>\ncompeted for organizations such as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Bellator-MMA-1960\">Bellator<br \/>\nMMA<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Professional-Fighters-League-12241\"><br \/>\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a>, earning victories over the likes<br \/>\nof <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Henry-Corrales-80091\">Henry<br \/>\nCorrales<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Bubba-Jenkins-85196\">Bubba<br \/>\nJenkins<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Pedro-Carvalho-119051\">Pedro<br \/>\nCarvalho<\/a>. The 31-year-old has more recently fought under the<br \/>\nTuff-N-Uff banner, compiling a 3-1 mark since April 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Hope, 29, has been victorious in 11 of 12 professional outings. He<br \/>\nlast appeared in a featherweight bout at Fury FC 116, where he<br \/>\nknocked out <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Mauricio-Gomez-369934\">Mauricio<br \/>\nGomez<\/a> in the opening stanza on Feb. 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kai Kamaka III is headed back to the Octagon. | PFL MMA The UFC Fight Night 272 lineup sits at 13 bouts after a lightweight bout was recently added to the card. Kai Kamaka III will make his promotional return against Dakota Hope in a 155-pound affair on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}