Curtis Blaydes will put his three-fight winning streak on the line when he faces Alexander Volkov in a battle of top-10 heavyweights headlining UFC Fight Night on Saturday at the promotion’s Apex facility in Las Vegas.
The fights will be on ESPN and ESPN+, with the main card starting at 8 p.m. ET and the prelims at 5 p.m.
Blaydes (13-2, 1 NC), who is No. 4 in ESPN’s heavyweight rankings, would be undefeated if not for his two meetings with Francis Ngannou. Blaydes, 29, most recently scored a second-round TKO of former champion Junior dos Santos in January.
Seventh-ranked Volkov (31-7) has won seven of his past 10, the lone defeat being a third-round KO at the hands of Derrick Lewis in a 2018 fight Volkov was winning on the scorecards. Volkov’s most recent victory was a unanimous decision over Greg Hardy in November.
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UFC Fight Night schedule
ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET
Curtis Blaydes vs. Alexander Volkov | Heavyweight
Josh Emmett vs. Shane Burgos | Men’s featherweight
Raquel Pennington vs. Marion Reneau | Women’s bantamweight
Lyman Good vs. Belal Muhammad | Welterweight
Jim Miller vs. Roosevelt Roberts | Catchweight (160 pounds)
ESPN/ESPN+, 5 p.m. ET
Clay Guida vs. Bobby Green | Lightweight
Tecia Torres vs. Brianna Van Buren | Strawweight
Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Oskar Piechota | Middleweight
Cortney Casey vs. Gillian Robertson | Women’s flyweight
Frank Camacho vs. Matt Frevola | Lightweight
Roxanne Modafferi vs. Lauren Murphy | Women’s flyweight
Austin Hubbard vs. Max Rohskopf | Lightweight
Heavyweight contenders top the card Saturday as third-ranked Curtis Blaydes takes on seventh-ranked Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. Blaydes is a -400 favorite (risk $400 to win $100), whole Volkov is offered at +320 (risk $100 to win $320) in the latest Blaydes vs. Volkov odds at William Hill.
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