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Establishing oneself as an thrilling fighter in a bantamweight division brimming with top-quality expertise takes one thing particular. Cory Sandhagen and Marlon Vera match the invoice. They collide in the primary occasion of UFC Fight Night in San Antonio on Saturday night time.
Sandhagen vs. Vera was initially scheduled to headline a Fight Night on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. There was a typically maligned on-line response to UFC internet hosting such a dynamic struggle in entrance of a limited-capacity crowd. Whether or not that performed a task, UFC has remedied issues and moved Sanghagen vs. Vera to San Antonio’s AT&T Center. The ranked contenders have an urge for food for violence. Their final six wins mixed characteristic a flying knee, spinning wheel kick, entrance kick and head kick knockout. The winner will chip away on the crowded bantamweight title image.
UFC 286 is within the rearview mirror and the promotion appears forward to its subsequent PPV providing. Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya appears to retrieve his title from ferocious striker Alex Pereira. There are nonetheless those that consider Adesanya is the superior general fighter, but he’s 0-3 in opposition to Pereira — twice in kickboxing and as soon as in combined martial arts. They meet as soon as extra in the primary occasion of UFC 287 on April 8. One month later, Aljamain Sterling defends his UFC bantamweight title at UFC 288 on May 6. His challenger is Henry Cejudo, the previous two-division champ coming back from a three-year retirement.
Take a glance beneath on the present UFC occasion schedule for 2023. Be positive to verify again in on this web page when we now have extra data on upcoming UFC occasions all year long.
Upcoming UFC Schedule
UFC Fight Night
March 25
Marlon Vera vs. Cory Sandhagen
Bantamweight
San Antonio
ESPN+
UFC 287
April 8
Alex Pereira (c) vs. Israel Adesanya 2
Middleweight title
Miami
ESPN+ PPV
UFC Fight Night
April 15
Max Holloway vs. Arnold Allen
Featherweight
Kansas City
ESPN+
UFC Fight Night
April 22
Sergei Pavolovich vs. Curtis Blaydes
Heavyweight
Las Vegas
ESPN+
UFC 288
May 6
Aljamain Sterling (c) vs. Henry Cejudo
Bantamweight title
Newark
ESPN+ PPV
UFC 290
July 8
TBD
TBD
Las Vegas
ESPN+ PPV
UFC 294
Oct. 22
TBD
TBD
Abu Dhabi
ESPN+ PPV
