Nassourdine Imavov will tackle Sean Strickland in the primary occasion of this weekend’s UFC Fight Night, because the latter steps in for the injured Kelvin Gastelum.
Gastelum revealed on Monday (9 January) that he had sustained a mouth damage, ruling him out of his middleweight conflict with Imavov.
It means the American’s look forward to a primary win since February 2021 goes on, whereas compatriot Strickland returns to the ring only one month after struggling a second straight loss – a choice defeat by Jared Cannonier.
Meanwhile, Frenchman Imavov enters the UFC’s Apex institute in Las Vegas on a three-fight win streak, having final fought in entrance of a raucous residence crowd in Paris in September, when he outpointed Joaquin Buckley. The new most important occasion will happen at light-heavyweight.
Here’s all it is advisable know.
When is it?
The prelims will begin at 10pm GMT on Saturday 14 January (2pm PT, 4pm CT, 5pm ET), with the primary card following at 12am GMT on Sunday 15 January (4pm PT, 6pm CT, 7pm ET on Saturday).
How can I watch it?
The card will air dwell on BT Sport within the UK, with the broadcaster’s app and web site additionally streaming the fights.
In the US, ESPN+ will stream the motion dwell, as will the UFC’s Fight Pass.
Odds
Imavov – 19/40
Gastelum – 17/10
Via Betway.
Full card (topic to vary)
UFC middleweight contender Nassourdine Imavov
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Main card
Sean Strickland vs Nassourdine Imavov (light-heavyweight)
Dan Ige vs Damon Jackson (featherweight)
Punahele Soriano vs Roman Kopylov (middleweight)
Ketlen Vieira vs Raquel Pennington (ladies’s bantamweight)
Umar Nurmagomedov vs Raoni Barcelos (bantamweight)
Prelims
Claudio Ribeiro vs Abdul Razak Alhassan (middleweight)
Mateusz Rebecki vs Nick Fiore (light-weight)
Javid Basharat vs Mateus Mendonca (bantamweight)
Allan Nascimento vs Carlos Hernandez (flyweight)
Isaac Dulgarian vs Daniel Argueta (featherweight)
Charles Johnson vs Jimmy Flick (flyweight)
Priscila Cachoeira vs Sijara Eubanks (ladies’s flyweight)
