Rafael dos Anjos and Rafael Fiziev will sq. off in a conflict of light-weight contenders this weekend, once they headline the upcoming UFC Combat Evening in Las Vegas.
Former champion Dos Anjos (31-13) is searching for a 3rd straight win as he appears to be like to mount one final title cost at 37 years outdated, however Fiziev, 29, marks a big impediment.
Tenth-ranked Fiziev (11-1) is out to leapfrog the Brazilian within the rankings, and the Kyrgyzstani enters the UFC Apex institute on the again of 5 straight wins.
The light-weight division is stacked, that means the winner of Saturday’s primary occasion will probably nonetheless have work to do to problem for the belt, however a victory for both man would symbolize a substantial assertion.
Right here’s all it’s good to know.
When is it?
The occasion will happen on Saturday 9 July.
The prelims will begin at 11pm BST (3pm PT, 5pm CT, 6pm ET), with the principle card following at 2am BST on Sunday 10 July (6pm PT, 8pm CT, 9pm ET on 9 July).
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 Combat Cross.
Odds
Light-weight contender Rafael Fiziev
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Dos Anjos – 13/8
Fiziev – 4/9
By way of Betfair.
Full card
Foremost card
Rafael dos Anjos vs Rafael Fiziev (light-weight)
Caio Borralho vs Armen Petrosyan (middleweight)
Douglas Silva de Andrade vs Stated Nurmagomedov (bantamweight)
Jamie Pickett vs Denis Tiuliulin (middleweight)
Jared Vanderaa vs Chase Sherman (heavyweight)
Michael Johnson vs Jamie Mullarkey (light-weight)
Prelims
Cynthia Calvillo vs Nina Nunes (ladies’s flyweight)
Aiemann Zahabi vs Ricky Turcios (bantamweight)
Antonina Shevchenkov vs Cortney Casey (ladies’s flyweight)
Cody Brundage vs Tresean Gore (middleweight)
Kennedy Nzechukwu vs Karl Roberson (gentle heavyweight)
Ronnie Lawrence vs Saidyokub Kakhramonov (bantamweight)
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