Nate Landwehr vs. Shane Young slated for UFC event on September 26th.

A featherweight matchup between former M1-Global featherweight titleholder, Nate ‘The Train’ Landwehr and Kiwi prospect, ‘Sugar’ Shane Young is set for a UFC Fight Night event on September 26th. – with a location or venue yet to be confirmed by the promotion.

Recently returning to winning ways, 32-year-old striker, Landwehr battled to a hugely entertaining unanimous judging win over 145-pound veteran, Darren ‘The Damage’ Elkins – scoring his first Octagon victory at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville in May.

In the midst of a two-fight rise, New Zealand upstart, Young added Austin Arnett to his win column at UFC 234 in February of last year in Melbourne. News of the eye-catching featherweight matching was initially penned by Cageside Press reporter, Shawn Bitter.

Making his Octagon bow at UFC Fight Night Raleigh in January of this year – Landwehr dropped his first professional defeat in seven outings, losing via a stunning knee in the clinch from Herbert Burns – the younger brother of top welterweight contender, Gilbert.

Before his transition to the Octagon – the Clarksville based finisher had managed victories over Viktor Kolesnik (x2), Andrey Lezhnev, Khamzat Dalgiev, and Mikhail Korobkov under the M1-Global banner.

Back in November of 2017 – in what now appears to be a baptism of fire, Young made his premier UFC walk, taking on current division gold holder, Alexander ‘The Great’ Volkanovksi. Young would go on to drop a unanimous decision at the Sydney event. Himself returning to the winner’s enclosure, Young scored a victory over Rolando Dy with a late second knockout via strikes at UFC Fight Night Kallang.

From thirteen professional successes – the 27-year-old City Kickboxing trainee has secured six stoppages via strikes, and three triumphs with submission offence.

Ross Markey

Senior writer for FightBook MMA. An aspiring mixed martial arts reporter based in Ireland. Producer of news articles, interviews, opinion features, and exclusive features such as, ‘The Fallout’, ‘The Breakdown, and, ‘This Week In MMA’.