Cody Garbrandt will return to the cage against Adrian Yanez on the Ufc 329 undercard on July 11, giving the former bantamweight champion another chance to build on the momentum he regained earlier this year. Garbrandt, who got back in the win column with a gritty victory over Xiao Long at UFC 326, is trying to string together results after back-to-back losses to Raoni Barcelos and Deiveson Figueiredo.
The matchup pairs Garbrandt with one of the bantamweight division’s most dynamic boxers, and it arrives at a card that is expected to be one of the UFC’s biggest events of the year. Ufc 329 is the promotion’s International Fight Week showcase, and it has also been widely linked to Conor McGregor’s comeback date, with Dana White hinting that an announcement is imminent.
Yanez enters with his own urgency. The Texas bantamweight won his first five UFC fights, finishing Tony Kelley and Gustavo Lopez along the way, before the run slowed with losses to Rob Font and Jonathan Martinez. He then snapped that skid with a first-round TKO over Vinicius Salvador in May 2024, but the follow-up has been uneven: a controversial split decision loss to Daniel Marcos in December 2024 and, in March, a split draw with Ricky Simon.
That makes this more than a name-on-name addition to the undercard. Garbrandt is chasing another win streak after UFC 326, and Yanez is looking for his first victory since May 2024 after mixed recent results. At 135 lbs, both fighters have reason to believe a clean performance on July 11 could move them closer to the Top 15 conversation, even if the full lineup for Ufc 329 is not expected to be finalized and announced for several weeks.
For now, the pairing adds one more layer to a card already drawing attention beyond the main event chatter. As Max Holloway trains for McGregor rematch as Ufc 329 nears in July, the undercard is filling out with bouts that carry real stakes for fighters trying to turn one good night into something more lasting.
