A new bantamweight bout nears finalization.

Promotional debutant Farid Basharat (9-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and sophomore Da'Mon Blackshear () is expected to be finalized for UFC 285 in the coming days with verbal agreements already in place. The pay-per-view event is expected to take place March 4 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Two people with knowledge of the targeted bout recently informed MMA Junkie of the matchup but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official...

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