{"id":376259,"date":"2021-02-14T08:41:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T16:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=376259"},"modified":"2021-02-14T08:45:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T16:45:06","slug":"kb-bhullar-against-andreas-michailidis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kb-bhullar-against-andreas-michailidis\/","title":{"rendered":"KB Bhullar to return to the Octagon in May against Andreas Michailidis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A middleweight encounter between KB Bhullar (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and Andreas Michailidis (12-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) is slated for later this spring, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told BJPENN.com. The sources asked for anonymity since the news hasn\u2019t been officially confirmed yet.<\/p>\n<p>No word yet on the official location, but the two 185-pound fighters are expected to lock horns on May 1 in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the UFC APEX facility.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old Greek fighter Michailidis made his promotional debut in July, on just 10 days\u2019 notice when he fought the former light heavyweight Cage Warriors belt-holder, Modestas Bukauskas. The latter ultimately TKO\u2019d Michailidis in 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Michailidis eventually had another fight booked in November, against <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/andreas-michailidis-set-to-return-on-november-14-against-antonio-arroyo\/\">Antonio Arroyo<\/a>, but the fight fell through due to an injury sustained by the European athlete during his training camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Spartan\u201d is now set to fight at his natural weight class, and he\u2019ll try once again to put Greece on the MMA map.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am the second Greece-born athlete, but I am the first guy to actually make it to the UFC from Greece,\u201d Michailidis said in a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/andreas-michailidis-eager-to-put-greece-on-the-mma-map\/\">previous interview<\/a>. \u201cI didn\u2019t move somewhere else to make it to the UFC, like the United States. Over the years, I have traveled to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allstarsgym.se\/\">Allstars Training Center<\/a> in Sweden for my camps but day-to-day I live and train in Greece at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EFL.Athens\">EFL MMA<\/a>. Now that Greece is on the map of the MMA world, I think in the near future you will see that there are many competitive fighters in Greece.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s own KB Bhullar is about to make his sophomore UFC fight, as well. He shares a similar UFC debut with his next foe as the Canadian was also stopped in the first round of his first fight with the promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Both 185 pounders will now try and bounce back on track on May 1. The event is going to be headlined by a light heavyweight clash between <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dominick-reyes-returns-to-the-octagon-against-jiri-prochazka-on-may-1st\/\">Dominick Reyes and Jiri Prochazka<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A middleweight encounter between KB Bhullar (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and Andreas Michailidis (12-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) is slated for later this spring, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told BJPENN.com. The sources asked for anonymity since the news hasn\u2019t been officially confirmed yet. 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