UFC Fight Night In Sacramento
Germaine de Randamie and Aspen Ladd headline the UFC’s return to Sacramento this coming weekend, in what is set to be a hard-hitting bantamweight match up. Former featherweight champion de Randamie comes in as the favourite, as the number one ranked contender against the fourth ranked Ladd, but a victory here is likely to result in a title shot later in the year for either fighter
In the co-main event, Sacramento’s own Uriah Faber returns to action against Ricky Simon. Although he formally announced the end of his fighting career back in 2016, Faber kept all his registrations up to date (USADA, Fight Commissions etc) so that if an interesting offer was made to him, he would be able to compete. And that is exactly what happened. Ricky Simon is part of the new wave of fighters, looking to establish themselves as the new go-to guys – and three wins from three UFC appearances show his quality
Rest of Fight Card
145 lbs.: Featherweight Mirsad Bektic vs. Josh Emmett
185 lbs.: Middleweight Karl Roberson vs. John Phillips
185 lbs.: Middleweight Cezar Ferreira vs. Marvin Vettori
205 lbs.: Light Heavyweight Mike Rodriguez vs. John Allan
145 lbs.: Featherweight Andre Fili vs. Sheymon Moraes
135 lbs.: Bantamweight Nicco Montano vs. Julianna Pena
145 lbs.: Featherweight Darren Elkins vs. Ryan Hall
135 lbs.: Bantamweight Jonathan Martinez vs. Liu Pingyuan
115 lbs.: Strawweight Livinha Souza vs. Brianna Van Buren
135 lbs.: Bantamweight Martin Day vs. Benito Lopez
