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The UFC stays in its Las Vegas house base for the third straight week, and on this closing one, a former middleweight title challenger is on the prime of the lineup.
Right here’s easy methods to watch UFC Battle Evening 254 with 185-pounders within the headlining spot, plus a enjoyable welterweight scrap within the co-feature.
Broadcast and streaming information
UFC Battle Evening 254 has a major card that begins at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+
Veteran broadcaster Karyn Bryant serves as desk anchor and host at UFC Battle Evening 254.
Former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, “The Final Fighter 15” winner Michael Chiesa and coach Din Thomas be part of her as analysts on the desk.
UFC correspondent Megan Olivi will conduct pre- and post-fight interviews backstage with a few of the athletes on the UFC Battle Evening 254 card, in addition to report further real-time updates for the occasion.
Brendan Fitzgerald will function the main man on the mic from cageside at UFC Battle Evening 254.
He’ll command play-by-play and be joined within the sales space by retired former former UFC and WEC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and UFC Corridor of Famer Michael Bisping.
Brendan Fitzgerald, Dominick Cruz, Michael Bisping
Fundamental occasion: Marvin Vettori
Document: 19-7-1 MMA, 9-5-1 UFC
Opponent: Roman Dolidze (14-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Key wins: Roman Dolidze, Paulo Costa, Kevin Holland, Jack Hermansson
Misc.: A five-fight successful streak received him a 2021 title shot towards then-champ Israel Adesanya. However after that unanimous resolution loss, he’s alternated wins and losses – and the setbacks have been towards former champs and title challengers. The combat towards Dolidze is a rematch from two years in the past that Vettori received.
Marvin Vettori
Fundamental occasion: Roman Dolidze
Document: 14-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC
Opponent: Marvin Vettori (19-7-1 MMA, 9-5-1 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Key wins: Kevin Holland, Anthony Smith, Jack Hermansson
Misc.: Dolidze had 4 straight wins and three straight bonuses when he was outworked by Vettori of their first assembly in 2023. He misplaced a call to Nassourdine Imavov after that, however now has back-to-back wins over Holland Smith from 2024.
Jun 29, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Roman Dolidze (blue gloves) fights Anthony Smith (purple gloves) throughout UFC 303 at T-Cellular Area. Obligatory Credit score: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports activities
Co-main occasion: Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
Document: 25-8-1 MMA, 11-4-1 UFC
Opponent: Chidi Njokuani (24-10 MMA, 4-3 UFC)
Division: Welterweight
Key wins: Benoit Saint-Denis, Sean Strickland
Misc.: Zaleski dos Santos received again on observe with a 75-second knockout of then-unbeaten Zach Scroggin this previous November.
Co-main occasion: Chidi Njokuani
Document: 24-10 MMA, 4-3 UFC
Opponent: Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (25-8-1 MMA, 11-4-1 UFC)
Division: Welterweight
Key wins: Jared Gooden, Dusko Todorovic, Marc-Andre Barriault
Misc.: After a three-fight skid, Njokuani is again on observe with 2024 resolution wins over Gooden and Rhys McKee.
UFC debut: Kevin Vallejos
Document: 14-1
Opponent: Seungwoo Choi (11-7 MMA, 4-6 UFC)
Division: Featherweight
Misc.: THe 23-yeard-old took out Cam Teague with a first-round knockout on DWCS to get his UFC shot. His first shot on DWCS resulted in his solely loss so far – to present UFC rising star Jean Silva.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 24: (R-L) Kevin Vallejos of Argentina punches Cam Teague in a featherweight combat throughout Dana White’s Contender Collection season eight, week seven at UFC APEX on September 24, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
UFC debut: Diyar Nurgozhay
Document: 10-0
Opponent: Brendson Ribeiro (16-7 MMA, 1-2 UFC)
Division: Mild heavyweight
Misc.: The 27-year-old from Kazakhstan has eight of his 10 wins by stoppage, together with six knockouts. A kind of got here lower than a yr in the past towards 2019 $1 million PFL winner Emiliano Sordi.
UFC debut: Josias Musasa
Document: 8-0
Opponent: Carlos Vera (11-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC)
Division: Bantamweight
Misc.: For the primary time in his transient profession, Musasa, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, needed to go to the judges for a win. Nevertheless it was on DWCS, and his break up name over fellow unbeaten prospect Otari Tanzilovi was sufficient to get him to the present.
Josias Musasa def Otar Tanzilovi – DWCS 71
UFC debut: Yuneisy Duben
Document: 6-0
Opponent: Carli Judice (3-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC)
Division: Ladies’s flyweight
Misc.: Born in Venezuela and preventing out of Pittsburgh, the 28-year-old has all her wins by stoppage, together with a 73-second KO of Shannon Clark on DWCS to get into the UFC.
UFC Battle Evening 254 major card betting odds
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
- Marvin Vettori -140 vs. Roman Dolidze +120
- Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos -175 vs. Chidi Njokuani +145
- Alexander Hernandez -205 vs. Kurt Holobaugh +170
- Da’Mon Blackshear -360 vs. Cody Gibson +285
- Diyar Nurgozhay -290 vs. Brendson Ribeiro +235
- Seungwoo Choi +320 vs. Kevin Vallejos -410
UFC Battle Evening 254 prelim betting odds
Stephanie Luciano
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta -170 vs. Ryan Spann +140
- A.J. Cunningham +500 vs. Su Younger You -700
- Josias Musasa -625 vs. Carlos Vera +455
- Sam Hughes +210 vs. Stephanie Luciano -260
- Daniel Barez +250 vs. Andre Lima -310
- Priscila Cachoeira +170 vs. Josiane Nunes -205
- Yuneisy Duben +400 vs. Carli Judice -535
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