{"id":39758,"date":"2026-08-06T04:26:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T04:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/UFC-331-card-just-got-deeper-with-anticipated-rematches-return-of-Gable-Steveson-202242"},"modified":"2026-08-06T04:26:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T04:26:49","slug":"ufc-331-card-just-got-deeper-with-anticipated-rematches-return-of-gable-steveson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ufc-331-card-just-got-deeper-with-anticipated-rematches-return-of-gable-steveson\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 331 card just got deeper with anticipated rematches, return of Gable Steveson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Four more bouts have been added to the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>\u2019s upcoming trip to Los Angeles,
\nincluding Gable
\nSteveson<\/a>‘s second fight in the promotion.<\/p>\n

The UFC announced that Steveson will meet Sean Sharaf<\/a>
\nin a heavyweight clash at UFC
\n331<\/a>, while Robelis
\nDespaigne<\/a> returns to the Octagon against Tai
\nTuivasa<\/a>. Also confirmed for the Sept. 19 event is a
\nmiddleweight matchup pitting Ryan Gandra<\/a>
\nagainst Osman Diaz<\/a>
\nand a lightweight bout between Brian
\nOrtega<\/a> and Renato
\nCarneiro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Gable Steveson\u2019s sophomore UFC bout, Renato Carneiro-Brian
\nOrtega rematch among new additions to UFC 331<\/h2>\n

Following the announcement that UFC 331 will be headlined by
\nJoshua
\nVan<\/a>‘s flyweight title rematch against former champion Alexandre
\nPantoja<\/a>, the promotion dropped more additions to the
\nundercard.<\/p>\n

Steveson, who made his UFC debut against Elisha
\nEllison<\/a> in July, is set to return against Sharaf, who\u2019s 0-2
\ninside the Octagon. Despaigne returns to the UFC after rebuilding
\nmomentum outside the promotion and will face Tuivasa, who enters
\nthe bout looking to halt a seven-fight losing streak.<\/p>\n

Gandra enters his matchup against Diaz high in confidence following
\nknockout victories over Jose Medina<\/a>
\nand Zach
\nReese<\/a>. Diaz is looking to rebound from a loss to Ateba
\nAbega Gautier<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Carneiro enters his rematch with Ortega coming off a submission
\nvictory over Chris
\nDuncan<\/a>. Meanwhile, \u201cT-City,\u201d a former two-time UFC
\nfeatherweight title challenger, is committing to a move up to
\nlightweight in taking on a former title challenger at 155 pounds.
\nOrtega and \u201cMoney Moicano\u201d locked horns at featherweight nearly a
\ndecade ago, with the former winning via submission.<\/p>\n

Following the latest set of announcements, the UFC 331 card is as
\nfollows:
Joshua
\nVan<\/a> vs. Alexandre
\nPantoja<\/a> 2
Arman
\nTsarukyan<\/a> vs. Mauricio
\nRuffy<\/a>
Patricio
\nFreire<\/a> vs. Doo Ho
\nChoi<\/a>
Renato
\n\u201cMoney\u201d Moicano<\/a> vs. Brian
\nOrtega<\/a> 2
Alonzo
\nMenifield<\/a> vs. Iwo
\nBaraniewski<\/a>
Gable
\nSteveson<\/a> vs. Sean
\nSharaf<\/a>
Marlon
\nVera<\/a> vs. Charles
\nJourdain<\/a>
Tai
\nTuivasa<\/a> vs. Robelis
\nDespaigne<\/a>
Edmen
\nShahbazyan<\/a> vs. Brunno
\nFerreira<\/a>
Giga
\nChikadze<\/a> vs. Joanderson
\nBrito<\/a>
Casey
\nO’Neill<\/a> vs. Eduarda
\nMoura<\/a>
Ryan
\nGandra<\/a> vs. Osman
\nDiaz<\/a>
Michael
\nAswell<\/a> vs. Joo Sang
\nYoo<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n

Under the LA lights \ud83d\ude24<\/p>\n

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\n#UFC331<\/a>!<\/p>\n[ Tickets on sale TODAY | LIVE SEP 19 at @CryptoComArena<\/a>
\n] pic.twitter.com\/EyA8Keb9EN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 UFC (@ufc) August
\n5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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