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UFC schedule: Which UFC fighters are competing this weekend ?

UFC schedule: Which UFC fighters are competing this weekend ?

UFC schedule: Imavov vs Gastelum: The first UFC event of the year will take place this weekend. After a brief holiday break, the leader in MMA kicks off its 2023 season on January 14 with UFC Vegas 67. The UFC’s headquarters, the UFC Apex, will host the UFC Fight Night card to open the organization’s calendar […]

UFC schedule: Imavov vs Gastelum: The first UFC event of the year will take place this weekend. After a brief holiday break, the leader in MMA kicks off its 2023 season on January 14 with UFC Vegas 67. The UFC’s headquarters, the UFC Apex, will host the UFC Fight Night card to open the organization’s calendar of events for the upcoming season. The main event of UFC Vegas 67 features a middleweight fight between rising star Nassourdine Imavov and former title contender Kelvin Gastelum. Follow UFC News Updates with InsideSport.IN

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UFC Schedule: UFC Fight Night: UFC Vegas 67: Imavov vs Gastelum

Nassourdine Imavov (No. 12) and Kelvin Gastelum (No. 13) will face off in the middleweight class in what the UFC is referring to as a “contender match” as the first main event of 2023. Imavov is facing Kelvin Gastelum on a different career track and is riding a three-fight winning streak in the UFC octagon.

Nassourdine Imavov and Joaquin Buckley last squared off at UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa in Paris, France. Imavov won this contest by Unanimous Decision in his nation, catapulting him into the top 15 Middleweight rankings. Meanwhile, in Gastelum’s final fight, Robert Whittaker completely outclassed him in an all-around performance to win by a unanimous decision.

UFC Schedule: Dan Ige vs Damon Jackson

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Dan Ige (15-6) desires a successful beginning to the year. He has won an impressive victory over Gavin Tucker, Edson Barboza, and Danny Henry. He is a formidable and all-around foe. Ige plans to defeat another rising rival to hold onto his position at the top of the leaderboard. Damon Jackson (22-4-1 1NC) hopes to make the most of his first opportunity to compete in the co-main event of the UFC. He is a thrilling expert in submissions and has distinguished victories over Mirsad Bektic, Charles Rosa, and Pat Sabatini. Jackson now wants to defeat Ige to advance to the UFC’s Top 15 featherweights.

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UFC Vegas 67 fight card

Main Card

  • Kelvin Gastelum vs Nassourdine Imavov (MAIN EVENT)
  • Dan Ige vs Damon Jackson (Co-main event)
  • Geoff Neal (injured as of now) vs Shavkat Rakhmonov
  • Ketlen Vieira vs Raquel Pennington
  • Umar Nurmagomedov vs Raoni Barcelos
  • Allan Nascimento vs Carlos Hernandez

Preliminary Card

  • Daniel Argueta vs Isaac Dulgarian
  • Omar Morales vs Mateusz Rębecki
  • Punahele Soriano vs Roman Kopylov
  • Abdul Razak Alhassan vs Claudio Ribeiro
  • Jimmy Flick vs Charles Johnson
  • Mateus Mendonça vs Javid Basharat

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