UFC heavyweight contenders Jailton Almeida and Serghei Spivac are expected to fight each other Jan. 18, 2025, sources told Nolan King and Farah Hannoun of MMA Junkie.

The three-round bout will reportedly be part of the UFC's second event in 2025. A location hasn't been reported.

Almeida - the No. 6 UFC heavyweight - has won seven of his eight fights since making his UFC debut in 2022, with his only defeat coming to Curtis Blaydes in March. The 33-year-old Brazilian bounced back from that loss with a submission win over Alexander Romanov at UFC 302 in June.

Spivac is the seventh-ranked heavyweight. He made his most recent Octagon appearance in August, submitting Marcin Tybura to get back into the win column after a TKO loss to Ciryl Gane in September 2023.