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UFC 244 – Masvidal Vs Diaz
Taking place at Madison Square Garden in New York, this weekend sees the highly anticipated welterweight match up between Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz. Much has been made of the East Coast Versus West Coast rivalry with the winner coming away with the BMF title, but this is absolutely set to be a fantastic match up which is potentially too close to call. Many observers have Diaz as the favourite, but count out Masvidal at your peril! The ceremonial belt for the victory is set to be presented by Dwayne The Rock Johnson. It has been quite sometime since a fight has generated so much interest and anticipation. There can be only one BMF!
In the co-main event, a middleweight match up features previous welterweights Kelvin Gastelum and Darren Till. This is Till’s first outing in this new weight class, and it will be interesting to see how he adjusts his style to a heavier opponent. He will have the height and reach advantage, but this hasn’t previously been a problem to Gastelum who was able to get through to the rangey Israel Adesanya previously.
Rest of Fight Card
Vicente Luque vs. Stephen Thompson 170 lbs
Blagoy Ivanov vs. Derrick Lewis 265 lbs
Kevin Lee vs. Gregor Gillespie 155 lbs
Corey Anderson vs. Johnny Walker 205 lbs
Makwan Amirkhani vs. Shane Burgos 145 lbs
Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Brad Tavares 185 lbs
Andrei Arlovski vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik 265 lbs
Katlyn Chookagian vs. Jennifer Maia 125 lbs
Lyman Good vs. Chance Rencountre 170 lbs
Julio Arce vs. Hakeem Dawodu 145 lbs
