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Ultimate Fighting Championship
UFC Fight Night 176
UFC APEX
Paradise, Nevada, USA
Sunday, 31 May 2020
The
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Fight Night 176 is set to take place at the UFC APEX in Paradise, Nevada, USA on Sunday.
A welterweight bout between Tyron Woodley and Gilbert Burns is expected to headline the event which will take place behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The event was originally expected to take place at The O2 Arena in London, England on15 March 2020, but it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Former UFC welterweight champion Woodley was scheduled to face Leon Edwards, but the latter pulled out due to the cancellation of the event in London.
American star Woodley is looking to return to winning ways after losing his welterweight title to Nigerian fighter Kamaru Usman at UFC 235 on the 2nd of March 2019.
“This fight in particular with Gilbert Burns is, I’m confident because of who I am and what I’m doing,” Woodley told MMA Junkie Radio.
“I’m aware of what he does, I’m aware of how he is – he’s got a nice little left hook, uppercut, got some knees and flying knees, kicks and punches and calf kicks.
"I haven’t really seen much different from him. I’ve seen his style, and I’ve kind of gotten it broken down, but the element of surprise is a mother(expletive)."
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Burns, who is the older brother of UFC fighter Herbert Burns, is number six in the UFC welterweight rankings.
The Brazilian-American fighter will be looking to record his sixth successive win in the UFC having defeated Brazilan mixed martial artist Demian Maia in his last fight on the 14th of March 2020.
Meanwhile, a heavyweight bout between Blagoy Ivanov and Augusto Sakai is scheduled to take place as the co-main event.
Bulgarian fighter Ivanoc previously fought for the World Series of Fighting, where he attained success as the promotion's heavyweight champion.
While Brazilian mixed martial artist Sakai is undefeated in the UFC having won four fights in a row and he will be looking to make it five consecutive victories.
Furthermore, Mackenzie Dern is set to take on Hannah Cifers in a highly anticipated women's strawweight bout.
Dern is a Brazilian-American and she is a former world number one ranked IBJJF competitor, but she is currently ranked sixth among the female divisions.
While Cifers is a Kyrgyzstani-born Peruvian Muay Thai fighter and she is number 12 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings.
UFC Fight Night 176: Main card
Main event: Welterweight:
Tyron Woodley v Gilbert Burns
Co-main: Heavyweight: Blagoy Ivanov v Augusto Sakai
Welterweight: Kevin Holland v Daniel Rodriguez
Lightweight: Roosevelt Roberts v Brok Weaver
Women’s Straw weight: Mackenzie Dern v Hannah Cifers
Preliminary card
Women’s Flyweight: Katlyn Chookagian v Antonina Shevchenko
Catchweight: Billy Quarantillo v Spike Carlyle
Light Heavyweight: Jamahal Hill v Kildson Farias de Abreu
Flyweight: Tim Elliott v Brandon Royval
Bantamweight: Louis Smolka v Casey Kenney
Featherweight: Chris Gutierrez v Vince Morales
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