UFC Fight Night Comes To Prague
UFC makes its long-awaited debut in Prague this weekend, with a card headlined by light heavyweight brawlers Jan Blachowicz and Thiago Santos. Blachowicz is currently enjoying a four-fight winning streak, putting him in the best form of his career. Santos meanwhile will be having his 9th Octagon appearance in just over 2 years and will be looking to develop on his current professional record of 13 knock out victories. Either way, with plenty of punching power on both sides, this looks set to be a thrilling climax to the nights’ fights. Added to this the winner of this bout will become the highest ranked fighter in the division not to have fought for the title – and with Jon Jones defending against Anthony Smith the following weekend, there is plenty of opportunities to fight for.
The co-main event will be the heavyweight battle between Marcos Rogerio de Limo and the ever-popular Stefan Struve. De Lima made his debut on the 3rd season of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil, initially at Heavyweight, then dropped to light-heavy over his next half a dozen fights, but he did struggle somewhat with the weight cut, having missed weight on two occasions. He returned to heavyweight at the end of last year with a win over Adam Wieczorek. Meanwhile, Struve has now been competing within the Octagon for over ten years but has struggled to get back to his best form coming off three consecutive defeats.
Rest of Card
Gian Villante vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk 205 lbs Light Heavyweight
Liz Carmouche vs. Lucie Pudilova 125 lbs Flyweight
John Dodson vs. Petr Yan 125 lbs Flyweight
Magomed Ankalaev vs. Klidson Farias de Abreu 205 lbs Light Heavyweight
Chris Fishgold vs. Daniel Teymur 145 lbs Featherweight
Veronica Macedo vs. Gillian Robertson 125 lbs Flyweight
Dwight Grant vs. Carlo Pedersoli Jr. 170 lbs Welterweight
Damir Hadzovic vs. Marco Polo Reyes 155 lbs Lightweight
Michel Prazeres vs. Ismail Naurdiev 170 lbs Welterweight
Diego Ferreira vs. Rustam Khabilov 155 lbs Lightweight
Damir Ismagulov vs. Joel Alvarez 155 lbs Lightweight
