UFC® RETURN TO SALT LAKE CITY HEADLINED BY
WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP REMATCH BETWEEN
(C) KAMARU USMAN AND (#2) LEON EDWARDS
FEATURED BOUTS:
(#3) JOSE ALDO vs. (#6) MERAB DVALISHVILI
(#4) PAULO COSTA vs. LUKE ROCKHOLD
UFC® 278: USMAN vs. EDWARDS 2
TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, JUNE 24
Las Vegas – UFC® makes its extremely anticipated return to Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah with a blockbuster welterweight championship bout that can see Kamaru Usman run it again with No. 2 ranked contender Leon Edwards.
UFC® 278: USMAN vs. EDWARDS 2 will happen Sat., August 20 at Vivint Area with the principle card at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on ESPN+ PPV. The prelims might be seen on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, with the night time’s motion beginning at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT with Early Prelims on ESPN+ (English and Spanish) and UFC Struggle Cross.
UFC® 278: USMAN vs. EDWARDS 2 tickets will go on sale Friday, June 24 at 10 a.m. MT and can be found for buy at ticketmaster.com.Ticket gross sales are restricted to eight (8) per individual. UFC Struggle Membership® members may have the chance to buy tickets Wednesday, June 22 at 10 a.m. MT through the web site www.ufcfightclub.com. A particular Web ticket pre-sale might be out there to UFC publication subscribers Thursday, June 23 beginning at 10 a.m. MT. To entry this presale, customers should register for the UFC publication by UFC.com.
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No. 1 males’s pound-for-pound fighter Usman (20-1, preventing out of Dallas, Texas by the use of Auchi, Nigeria) appears to be like to proceed his dominant run atop the welterweight division by netting his 20th consecutive win. The winner of The Final Fighter season 21, he holds spectacular victories over Colby Covington (twice), Jorge Masvidal (twice) and Gilbert Burns. Usman now goals to safe his sixth straight title protection by stopping Edwards in emphatic vogue.
Edwards (19-3 1NC, preventing out of Birmingham, England) has amassed a powerful 10-fight unbeaten streak since his first encounter with Usman in late 2015. A well-rounded competitor with KO energy, he has secured memorable victories towards Nate Diaz, Rafael Dos Anjos and Vicente Luque to earn his first UFC title alternative. Edwards now intends to shock the world by dethroning Usman to attain his dream of capturing UFC gold.
Further bouts on the cardboard embody:
- Former UFC featherweight champion and present No. 3 ranked bantamweight contender Jose Aldo (31-7, preventing out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) takes on surging No. 6 Merab Dvalishvili (14-4, preventing out of Lengthy Island, N.Y. by the use of Tbilisi, Georgia)
- No. 4 ranked middleweight contender Paulo Costa (13-2, preventing out of Contagem, Minas Gerais, Brazil) goals to spoil the return of former champion Luke Rockhold (16-5, preventing out of Santa Cruz, Calif.)
- No. 13 ranked flyweight contender Amir Albazi (14-1, preventing out of London, England by the use of Baghdad, Iraq) locks horns with Francisco Figueiredo (13-4-1 1NC, preventing out of Soure, Para, Brazil)
- No. 10 ranked heavyweight contender Marcin Tybura (22-7, preventing out of Uniejow, Poland) faces undefeated No. 13 Alexandr Romanov (18-0, preventing out of Comrat Metropolis, Republic of Moldova) in a pivotal matchup
- Leonardo Santos (18-6-1, preventing out of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) squares off with Jared Gordon (18-5, preventing out of Queens, N.Y.) in an intriguing light-weight bout
- Wu Yanan (12-5, preventing out of Xi’an, China) meets Lucie Pudilova (13-7, preventing out of Pribram, Czech Republic) in a bantamweight contest
- Tyson Pedro (8-3, preventing out of Sydney, Australia) squares off with Harry Hunsucker (7-5, preventing out of Richmond, Ken.) at mild heavyweight
- Daniel Lacerda (11-3, preventing out of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) faces Victor Altamirano (10-2, preventing out of Fort Price, Texas by the use of Mexico Metropolis, Mexico) in a flyweight bout
- Aoriqileng (23-11, preventing out of Shanghai, China) takes on Jay Perrin (10-5, preventing out of Nashua, N.H.) at bantamweight
- AJ Fletcher (9-1, preventing out of Lafayette, La.) battles Ange Loosa (8-3, preventing out of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland by the use of Kinshasa, DR Congo) in a welterweight tilt
- Sean Woodson (9-1, preventing out of St. Louis, Mo.) meets Luis Saldana (16-7, preventing out of Scottsdale, Ariz.) in a conflict of promising featherweight prospects
For the most recent data on further bouts for this occasion, please go to www.ufc.com. All bouts stay and topic to alter.
UFC® 278: USMAN vs. EDWARDS 2 is the results of a partnership with Smith Leisure Group (Vivint Area) and Utah Sports activities Fee.
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