Overview

• ESPN reporter Higor Ciconello reports Nickal will meet Vieira on Nov. 15 in New York, and the UFC has not formally announced the bout.
• Nickal enters at 7-1 following a second-round TKO defeat to Reinier de Ridder at UFC Des Moines in May.
• Vieira, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion, is 11-3 with nine submission wins and is coming off a decision victory over Tresean Gore.
• Nickal reportedly asked to compete on the early prelims of the Madison Square Garden card.
• UFC 322 is promoted with Jack Della Maddalena vs. Islam Makhachev and Valentina Shevchenko vs. Zhang Weili at the top of the bill.