Dana White confirms three huge UFC cards

The UFC is set to return to Abu Dhabi to kick off its 2021 schedule with three “Fight Island” events in the space of eight days.

The triple-header fight week kicks off with a UFC Fight Night card headlined by former featherweight champion Max Holloway (21-6 MMA, 17-6 UFC) meeting Calvin Kattar (22-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC), while the UFC Fight Night event on Jan. 20 now has a confirmed headliner in Leon Edwards (18-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) vs. Khamzat Chimaev (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC).

Edwards and Chimaev originally were booked to face off at UFC Fight Night 183 this past weekend, but the matchup was pushed back after Edwards tested positive for COVID-19.

The week will round off in style with the UFC’s first pay-per-view of the year, as former interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier (26-6 MMA, 18-5 UFC) welcomes former two-division champ Conor McGregor (22-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC) back to the octagon in the main event of UFC 257.

Below are up-to-date lineups for all three events happening on “Fight Island.”

UFC Fight Night on Jan. 16

Max Holloway vs. Calvin Kattar

Sara McMann vs. Julianna Pena

Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Muslim Salikhov

Mike Grundy vs. Nik Lentz

Brian Kelleher vs. Ricky Simon

Jacob Kilburn vs. Austin Lingo

Tim Elliott vs. Jordan Espinosa

Carlos Felipe vs. Justin Tafa

Punahele Soriano vs. Dusko Todorovic

Anthony Hernandez vs. Rodolfo Vieira

Bethe Correia vs. Wu Yanan

Christian Aguilera vs. Warlley Alves

Omari Akhmedov vs. Tom Breese

Ramazan Emeev vs. David Zawada

UFC Fight Night on Jan. 20

Leon Edwards vs. Khamzat Chimaev

Viviane Araujo vs. Roxanne Modafferi

Tyson Nam vs. Matt Schnell

Francisco Figueredo vs. Jerome Rivera

UFC 257 on Jan. 23

Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor

Andre Muniz vs. Andrew Sanchez

Joanne Calderwood vs. Jessica Eye

Marcin Prachnio vs. Khalil Rountree

Amanda Ribas vs. Marina Rodriguez

Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Brad Tavares

Ottman Azaitar vs. Matt Frevola

Shane Burgos vs. Hakeem Dawodu

Nasrat Haqparast vs. Arman Tsarukyan

Leave a Reply

History of Karate

Karate (空手) (/kəˈrɑːti/; Japanese pronunciation: [kaɾate] (About this soundlisten); Okinawan pronunciation: [kaɽati]) is a martial

Read More..