Blachowicz (29-11-1 MMA, 12-8-1 UFC) takes on Bogdan Guskov (18-3 MMA, 4-1 UFC) on Dec. 6 at UFC 323 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Dana White announced Monday.
Blachowicz returned from a 21-month layoff against the streaking Carlos Ulberg in the UFC Fight Night 255 co-main event this past March. He lost by unanimous decision and is now winless in his past three fights. The former champion hasn’t gotten his hand raised since a TKO win over Aleksandar Rakic in May 2022.
Meanwhile, Guskov has been on a roll since dropping his short-notice UFC debut to Volkan Oezdemir in September 2023. The 32-year-old went onto finish his next four fights, most recently a first-round knockout of ranked Nikita Krylov at UFC on ABC 9 in July.
With the addition, the current UFC 323 lineup includes:
- Champion Merab Dvalishvili vs. Petr Yan – for bantamweight title
- Champion Alexandre Pantoja vs. Joshua Van – for flyweight title
- Jan Blachowicz vs. Bogdan Guskov
- Henry Cejudo vs. Payton Talbott
- Maycee Barber vs. Karine Silva
- Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Antonio Trocoli