The UFC has been trying to book Mauricio Ruffy from May – and it took this long to get an opponent who’d show up.

UFC 309 continues with a fight between Mauricio Ruffy and James Llontop. Check out our UFC odds series for our Ruffy-Llontop prediction.

Ruffy (10-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is who stands between Llontop (14-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) and his first UFC win at UFC 309 (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Hulu/FX, ESPN+) at Madison Square Garden in New York. For Llontop, from Peru, to pull it off, it will mean a massive upset against a 10-1 betting favorite.