Overview

• The UFC confirmed lightweight Drew Dober vs. Kyle Prepolec and bantamweight Charles Jourdain vs. Davey Grant for the Oct. 18 event at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.
• Reinier de Ridder vs. Anthony Hernandez remains the headliner, a matchup positioned as a step toward contention against newly crowned champion Khamzat Chimaev.
• Canadian representation grows with Jourdain and Prepolec joining a lineup that also features Jasmine Jasudavicius, Mike Malott and Aiemann Zahabi as reported by The Canadian Press.
• Dober enters having lost four of his past five, including a first-round TKO in March, while Prepolec returned on short notice in May and was submitted by Benoit St. Denis.
• Jourdain snapped a two-fight skid with a November submission of Victor Henry, and Grant has won four of his last five, most recently outpointing Da’Mon Blackshear in July.