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UFC Fight Tonight: Which Fighters Are Competing This Weekend?

Swapnil Rajwade
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UFC is one the best organizations when it comes to putting up fights. The fans enjoy the fight nights as well as the main card. Almost every weekend of the year we have fights going on in the UFC. Before we get to UFC 288 which is a stacked card, we have an entertaining fight night as well. The fans are excited to know which fighters are competing this weekend and here are the details for it.

UFC Fight night is a big event as the fighters have to deliver before such a big event in UFC 288. The fighters have a chance to reserve their spot in the pay per view card if they make a mark.

UFC Fight Night: Fighters competing this weekend

The fighters competing this weekend are nothing short of exciting. We have both main card and prelims, so it will be a long fight night. The event will be headlined by two bantamweights in the UFC. Song Yadong and Ricky Simon will go head-to-head in the main event.

Main Card:

  • Song Yadong vs Ricky Simon
  • Caio Borralho vs Michael Oleksiejczuk
  • Rodolfo Vieira vs Cody Brundage
  • Julian Erosa vs Fernando Padilla
  • Marcos Rogerio De Lima vs Waldo Cortes Acosta
  • Josh Quinlan vs Trey Waters.

Song Yadong seems to have found his new home with Uriah Faber. He is a very well-rounded fighter and the fans get excited about his fights. Ricky Simon on the other hand is a veteran in the sport. Ricky Simon holds a record of 20 wins and 3 losses and looks ready for a fight.

Caio Borralho vs Michael Oleksiejczuk is another interesting fight in the middleweight division. Borralho has been seen training with Khamzat Chimaev and Darren Till. He looks all set to fight one of the prospects in the 185-pound division in Oleksiejczuk.

Prelims:

  • Martin Buday vs Jake Collier
  • Cody Durden vs Charles Johnson
  • Stephanie Egger vs Irina Alekseeva
  • Journey Newson vs Marcus Mcghee
  • Hailey Cowan vs Jamey- Lyh Horth.

What’s next after UFC Fight Night:

As the fans will get to see a banger of the card this weekend, the wait is not too long now. As we progress into the fight week for UFC 288 fans are all excited about the event. The fans won’t have much time to digest, but that’s what they love about the UFC.

Saturday Nights have become party nights for the UFC fans. The Fight Night will take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, United States. Fans can watch the fights on UFC Fight Pass with a subscription. ESPN plus subscription is also where the fans will be able to watch the fights.

Its the return of Henry Cejudo against Aljamain Sterling for the Bantamweight championship of the world. Belal Muhammad will face Gilbert Burns at 170 pounds. This fight is a quick turnaround for Burns, as it is for the title contender.

What are your thoughts?

About the author

Swapnil Rajwade

Swapnil Rajwade

Swapnil Rajwade is a freelance UFC content writer at The SportsRush. Swapnil’s UFC journey started in 2015 and he got hooked on the sport immediately. He has written over 100 articles and uses his expertise and skill while working. Apart from being just a fan he also did some basic MMA training to understand the sport better. Swapnil has good analytical skills in breaking down fights as well as commentating about them. Apart from this Swapnil is a Financial Analyst and works with a multinational company. A huge fan of Cricket and MMA when it comes to sports.

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