The fight card is almost ready for this month’s big “UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey” event, and the Ultimate Fighting Championship has released an extended video preview of the year-end event.
UFC 207 stages on Friday, Dec. 30, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and the main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on Fox Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.
Almost a year away from the cage, Ronda Rousey (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) – one of the biggest stars in UFC history – returns for a headlining title fight with reigning women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes (13-4 MMA, 6-1 UFC). Nunes, who looks for her first title defense since beating Miesha Tate in July, is No. 1 in the MMA women’s bantamweight rankings, and Rousey is No. 2.
In the co-headliner and UFC 207’s other title fight, bantamweight champ and No. 1-ranked Dominick Cruz (22-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC), who’s currently in his second stint as champ, looks for his second straight title defense and fourth overall when he meets rival and No. 7-ranked Cody Garbrandt (10-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC), who could make a strong “Fighter of the Year” case if he pulls off the upset.
UFC 207’s main card also features a clash of former heavyweight champions with No. 2 Fabricio Werdum (21-6-1 MMA, 9-3 UFC) vs. No. 3 Cain Velasquez (14-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC). Werdum won the duo’s first meeting in 2015, when he submitted then-champ Velasquez to take the belt. Additionally, former bantamweight champion and No. 2-ranked T.J. Dillashaw (13-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) meets No. 8 John Lineker (29-7 MMA, 10-2 UFC).
Currently, the main card boasts four fights instead of the usual five, but Jessica Andrade (15-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC), who’s seen planned bouts with Maryna Moroz and Angela Hill fall through, is likely to get the spot if a new opponent is found.
On UFC 207’s preliminary card, former welterweight champ and No. 8 Johny Hendricks (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) meets No. 13 Neil Magny (18-5 MMA, 11-4 UFC) in the featured FS1-televised bout, and Tim Means (26-7-1 MMA, 8-4 UFC) vs. Alex Oliveira (16-3-1 MMA, 5-2 UFC) closed out the UFC Fight Pass portion of the event.
The full UFC 207 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Champ Amanda Nunes vs. Ronda Rousey – for women’s bantamweight title
Champ Dominick Cruz vs. Cody Garbrandt – for bantamweight title
Cain Velasquez vs. Fabricio Werdum
T.J. Dillashaw vs. John Lineker
Jessica Andrade vs. TBA
PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)
Johny Hendricks vs. Neil Magny
Dong Hyun Kim vs. Tarec Saffiedine
Alex Garcia vs. Mike Pyle
Ray Borg vs. Louis Smolka
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET)
Tim Means vs. Alex Oliveira
Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Marvin Vettori
Niko Price vs. Brandon Thatch
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