Joel Alvarez vs. Mateusz Rebecki Slated for UFC Fight Night Event on April 27

Joel Alvarez (20-3) is set to take on Dana White’s Contender Series alum Mateusz Rebecki (19-1) on a Fight Night card scheduled to go down on April 27 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The bout was first reported by Marcel Dorff on X (formerly known as Twitter). Although the Spaniard was initially slated to take on Ludovit Klein on March 2, “El Fenomeno” has now been rescheduled to take on Rebecki on the aforementioned date due to undisclosed reasons.

Alvarez will enter the Octagon against Rebecki coming off a Round 2 submission victory against Marc Diakiese in July last year. The win saw him bounce back from a Round 2 technical knockout loss against lightweight Arman Tsarukyan in February 2022. Prior to losing to Tsarukyan, “El Fenomeno” was on a four-fight winning streak in the promotion, defeating the likes of Thiago Moises, Joseph Duffy and Alexander Yakovlev in the first round.

Meanwhile, Rebecki is currently on a 16-fight winning streak — including three victories in UFC competition — and last tasted defeat in his fourth professional outing back in 2014. The former FEN lightweight champion earned himself an Ultimate Fighting Championship contract thanks to Round 1 submission victory over Rodrigo Lidio in an appearance on DWCS 2022. “Chinczyk” will face Alvarez coming off his third UFC victory with a Round 1 submission against Roosevelt Roberts at UFC 295.