Ian Garry officially has booked his second UFC fight.
Coming off a successful promotional debut, Garry will meet Darian Weeks at UFC 273. On Saturday, the promotion announced the welterweight matchup set for April 9 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla.
A former Cage Warriors champion, Garry (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) made a splash in his UFC debut last November when he knocked out Jordan Williams in the closing seconds of the first round. Until that point, the 24-year-old Irish standout struggled, but he still got the job done in a big way to remain undefeated. Six of Garry’s eight career victories have been stoppages.
Weeks, 28, is 5-1 overall and coming off the first loss of his career after dropping a unanimous decision to Bryan Barberena this past December at UFC on ESPN 31.
The current UFC 273 lineup includes:
Champion Alexander Volkanovski vs. Chan Sung Jung – for featherweight title
Champion Aljamain Sterling vs. Petr Yan – for bantamweight title
Irene Aldana vs. Aspen Ladd
Pat Sabatini vs. Gavin Tucker
Mickey Gall vs. Mike Malott
Mackenzie Dern vs. Tecia Torres
Kelvin Gastelum vs. Nassourdine Imavov
Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Marcin Tybura
Julio Arce vs. Daniel Santos
Mark Madsen vs. Vinc Pichel
Chris Curtis vs. Dricus Du Plessis
Albert Duraev vs. Anthony Hernandez
Ian Garry vs. Darian Weeks