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\nAn intriguing lightweight matchup between Tony Ferguson and Yancy Medeiros (pictured) has been added to an already stacked UFC 184 event.<\/p>\n

UFC officials announced the bout on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

UFC 184 goes down on February 28, live on pay-per-view from Los Angeles. In the main event Chris Weidman takes on Vitor Belfort. In the co-main event Ronda Rousey takes on Cat Zingano.<\/p>\n

By all accounts, the night’s latest addition should be a crowd pleaser.<\/p>\n

Ferguson comes out of Southern California’s South OC MMA hub, training around a very elite group of gyms the likes of Reign training center and 10th planet Jiu Jitsu.<\/p>\n

Medeiros, a Hawaiian born athlete\u00a0is team Diaz fighter, training in Northern California’s Stockton area with the Diaz brother, who speak very highly of the top UFC prospect.<\/p>\n

With the addition of this bout, UFC 184 looks as follows:<\/p>\n

Champ Chris Weidman vs. Vitor Belfort
\nChamp Ronda Rousey vs. Cat Zingano
\nYoel Romero vs. Ronaldo Souza
\nJake Ellenberger vs. Josh Koscheck
\nHolly Holm vs. Raquel Pennington
\nTony Ferguson vs. Yancy Medeiros
\nRoan Carneiro vs. Mark Munoz
\nAlan Jouban vs. Richard Walsh
\nRoman Salazar vs. Norifumi Yamamoto
\nDerrick Lewis vs. Ruan Potts
\nJames Krause vs. Valmir Lazaro
\nMasio Fullen vs. Alexander Torres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An intriguing lightweight matchup between Tony Ferguson and Yancy Medeiros (pictured) has been added to an already stacked UFC 184 event. UFC officials announced the bout on Tuesday. UFC 184 goes down on February 28, live on pay-per-view from Los Angeles. In the main event Chris Weidman takes on Vitor Belfort. In the co-main event […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":122445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nFerguson vs. Medeiros Added To STACKED UFC 184 Event | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An intriguing lightweight matchup between Tony Ferguson and Yancy Medeiros (pictured) has been added to an already stacked UFC ... 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