This heavyweight fight will headline Curtis Blaydes and Chris Daukaus. Originally Jan Blachowich and Aleksander Rakic were scheduled to fight, however Blachowic’s neck injury put him out of action. Regardless, Blaydes (#4 ranked) and Daukaus (#8 ranked) will put on a show with both fighters ranked in the top 10. Blaydes looks to restart a win streak after defeating Jairzinho in his latest bout, while Daukaus looks to bounce back after losing to Derrick Lewis. Which fighter will bring it home?
Blaydes comes to this match off, from the back of a unanimous decision win against Rozenstruik. His last victory was a crucial one as his loss to former champion, Derrick Lewis, which broke Blaydes’ four-fight win streak. His streak saw wins against Alexander Volkov, Junior Dos Santos, Shamil Abdurakhimov, and Justin Wills. Blaydes’ only other loss was to current division champion, Francis Ngannou.
Can Blaydes add this fight to his win collection?
Meanwhile, Daukaus looks to get back on track after losing to Derrick Lewis in his previous fight. The loss snapped his four-fight win streak, where he defeated Shamil Abdurakhimov, Aleksei Oleinik, Rodrigo Nascimento and Parker Porter.
Will Daukaus take down Blaydes?
To follow in the co-headline will be #2 ranked Askar Askarov up against #6 ranked Kai Kara France. Alongside thm in a welterweight bout, Matt Brown and Bryan Barberena will face off.