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Surrey’s Jeremy Kennedy (10-0, 2-0 UFC) will return to the Octagon this summer in search of his third straight UFC victory when he takes on Kyle Bochniak (7-1, 1-1 UFC) in a featherweight contest added to the UFC on FOX event scheduled for Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Long Island, New York, on Saturday, July 22.

UFC officials confirmed the details of the impending clash with The Province on Wednesday afternoon.

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The 24-year-old Kennedy has continued his unbeaten run from the local regional circuit into his time on the biggest stage in the sport. He made his UFC debut last summer on home soil, earning a unanimous decision win over Alessandro Ricci in the first bout of the UFC on FOX event held at Rogers Arena in August, before venturing to Fortaleza, Brazil, in March and defeating local favourite Rony Jason.

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Bochniak also picked up a victory in Vancouver last summer, edging out The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America winner Enrique Barzola by split decision, a verdict that drew a chorus of boos from the assembled crowd who believed Barzola deserved the nod. The Gloucester, Massachusetts, native earned six victories under the CES MMA banner before dropping his short-notice UFC debut to Charles Rosa at the start of 2016.

Coming off the biggest win of his career and on the precipice of breaking into the Top 15 in the competitive 145-pound weight class, a bout with Bochniak may not be what fans and observers expected for Kennedy, but things between the two got heated on Twitter after Bochniak lobbied for the opportunity to face the Revolution MMA product: