Themba Gorimbo to Face Ramiz Brahimaj at UFC Fight Night Event on May 18

Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight Themba Gorimbo is set to return to the Octagon a little more than three months following his last promotional win.

“The Answer” will square off against Ramiz Brahimaj in his fourth promotional outing at a UFC Fight Night event scheduled to go down on May 18 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The news was first reported by Eurosport_Nl's Marcel Dorff and later confirmed by Brahimaj on social media. Other announced matchups on the card include Vanessa Demopoulos vs. Emily Ducote, Luana Pinheiro vs. Angela Hill and Hailey Cowan vs. Tamires Vidal.

Gorimbo (12-4) will enter the Octagon on the heels of back-to-back victories against Pete Rodriguez and Takashi Sato after suffering a Round 2 submission loss at the hands of A.J. Fletcher in his UFC debut at UFC Fight Night 219.

Meanwhile, Brahimaj (10-4) has gone 2-2 in his promotional run and is coming off a Round 1 submission victory over Micheal Gillmore in 2022. The Fortis MMA product has been out of action for more than two years due to injuries since then. The 31-year-old has recorded all his career 10 victories via submission, with nine coming in the first stanza.