UFC 263 Main Card Finalized with Additions of Craig vs. Hill, Dober vs. Riddell

The lineup for the UFC 263 pay-per-view card is now official.

The promotion announced the five-bout lineup during the UFC 261 broadcast on Saturday night, formally confirming that two title bouts — Israel Adesanya vs. Marvin Vettori at middleweight and Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno at flyweight — will occupy the top of the bill. A previously reported matchup pitting Demian Maia against Belal Muhammad was also announced.

Two other bouts were also made official for the main card: Paul Craig vs Jamahal Hill at light heavyweight and Drew Dober vs. Brad Riddell at lightweight. UFC 263 takes place on June 12 but does not currently have a location or venue.

Craig vs. Hill was initially slated for the co-main event of UFC on ESPN 21, but was scrapped after Hill tested positive for COVID-19. Craig is unbeaten in his last four Octagon appearances and is coming off a second-round stoppage of Mauricio Rua at UFC 255. All six of the Scot’s UFC victories have come inside the distance.

A contract winner on Season 3 of Dana White’s Contender Series, Hill is unbeaten in nine professional appearances thus far. Most recently, the 29-year-old scored a second-round technical knockout of Ovince St. Preux at UFC on ESPN 19 on Dec. 5.

Dober entered UFC 259 with victories in six of his previous seven Octagon appearances, but he was completely overwhelmed in losing to Islam Makhachev via third-round submission on March 6. Prior to that, Dober had earned successive KO/TKO wins over Alexander Hernandez, Nasrat Haqparast and Marco Polo Reyes.

Riddell, meanwhile, has kicked off his promotional tenure with three consecutive victories to run his professional record to 9-1 overall. In his last outing, the 29-year-old City Kickboxing representative outpointed Alex da Silva Coelho at UFC 253.