Overview

• Dirty Boxing confirmed Battle will face Derik de Freitas at DBX 3 on Aug. 29 at The Hangar in Miami.
• Battle was released following back-to-back misses on the scale, including coming in four pounds over for UFC 319, which canceled his bout with Nursulton Ruziboev.
• De Freitas arrives with a losing record that varies by outlet reports, a discrepancy that has prompted criticism of the matchup quality.
• Battle says the move is about demonstrating professionalism, starting with hitting the middleweight limit at Thursday’s weigh-in before pursuing a UFC return.
• DBX uses a hybrid rule set with small gloves, three-minute rounds, elbows and conditional ground-and-pound, creating a different competitive environment than the UFC.