Sean Strickland and Abus Magomedov will sq. off in a gathering of middleweight contenders this weekend, because the pair conflict in a UFC Fight Night fundamental occasion.
American Strickland, 32, is seeking to make it back-to-back wins, having overwhelmed Nassourdine Imavov on factors in January, following two straight losses final yr.
In the meantime, Russian Magomedov, additionally 32, enters Las Vegas on the again of a three-fight win streak, with all of these wins having come through stoppage.
Strickland sits at No 7 within the middleweight rankings as he bids to re-enter the title image, and he’s risking his place within the high 10 right here as he faces an unranked opponent in Magomedov.
Right here’s all you want to know.
When is it?
The occasion will happen on Saturday 1 July, on the UFC Apex institute in Las Vegas.
The prelims are set to start at 9pm BST (1pm PT, 3pm CT, 4pm ET). The primary card is then on account of comply with at 12am BST on Sunday 2 July (4pm PT, 6pm CT, 7pm ET on Saturday).
How can I watch it?
The cardboard will air dwell on BT Sport within the UK, with the broadcaster’s app and web site additionally streaming the fights.
Within the US, ESPN+ will stream the motion dwell, as will the UFC’s Fight Move.
Odds
Strickland – 4/7
Magomedov – 13/10
Full card (topic to alter)
Fundamental card
Sean Strickland vs Abus Magomedov (middleweight)
Damir Ismagulov vs Grant Dawson (light-weight)
Max Griffin vs Michael Morales (welterweight)
Ariane Lipski vs Melissa Gatto (ladies’s flyweight)
Ismael Bonfim vs Benoit Saint-Denis (light-weight)
Brunno Ferreira vs Nursulton Ruziboev (middleweight)
Prelims
Kevin Lee vs Rinat Fakhretdinov (welterweight)
Joanderson Brito vs Westin Wilson (featherweight)
Yana Santos vs Karol Rosa (ladies’s bantamweight)
Guram Kutateladze vs Elves Brener (light-weight)
Ivana Petrovic vs Luana Carolina (ladies’s flyweight)
Alexandr Romanov vs Blagoy Ivanov (heavyweight)
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