'TUF 25' winner Taylor to face Muhammad at UFC Sydney
Jesse Taylor will face Belal Muhammad in a welterweight bout at UFC Fight Night 121 on Nov. 19 in Sydney, Australia. Muhammad announced the matchup himself Thursday on Instagram.
Nine years after he was booted from the final of "The Ultimate Fighter 7," Taylor finally punched his second ticket to the UFC by working his way up the "TUF 25" tourney. "JT Money" capped his comeback with a second-round submission of two-time finalist Dhiego Lima in the season closer last month. The 34-year-old has split a pair of bouts in the Octagon nearly a decade apart, and heads to Sydney with a professional record of 31-15.
The ever active Muhammad has won two straight and three of four since dropping his late-notice promotional debut to Alan Jouban by unanimous decision in July of last year. "Remember the Name" takes decision wins over Randy Brown and, most recently, Jordan Mein into his third fight of 2017.
The November card will be headlined by a heavyweight tilt between Mark Hunt and Marcin Tybura.