A little more than a day until the long awaited UFC 253, which takes place this Saturday (26), in Abu Dhabi, the athletes scheduled for the card are almost ready. Before exchanging forces on 'Ilha da Luta', the 22 combatants must go through the scale challenge and establish the limits of their respective divisions. In addition to making weight, the warriors will do the traditional face-offs.
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The biggest expectation is for the main fight of the night. The Brazilian Paulo borrachinha will try to take the position of middleweight champion (up to 83,9kg.) Israel adesanya, his confessed rival. The confrontation will mark the meeting between two undefeated men in their careers, known for their aggression and knockout power.
In addition to the last fight of the night, another match catches the attention of fans. The card will introduce the world to the new light heavyweight champion (up to 93kg). With Jon Jones officially migrating to the up to 120kg division, the remaining Dominick reyes e Jan Blachowicz the roles of challengers for the position, in the co-main fight.
Brazil will have three more representatives at the show. On the main card, Ketlen Scallop will face sijara eubanks. In the preliminary, Alex Leko returns to the octagon and faces Brad Riddel and Danilo Marques debut in the organization against Khadis Ibragimov.
They will all step on the scale and do the traditional face-offs at the end of the broadcast.
UFC 253 fight schedule
MAIN CARD
Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Israel adesanya x Paulo borrachinha – Fight for belt
Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Dominick reyes x Jan Blachowicz – Fight for belt
Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Kai Kara France x Brandon royval
Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Ketlen Scallop x sijara eubanks
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Hakeem dawodu x Zubaira Tukhugov
PRELIMINARY CARD
Light weight (up to 70,3kg.): Brad Riddell x Alex Leko
Welterweight (up to 77kg): Diego Sanchez x Jake matthews
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Shane Young x Ludovit Klein
Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): William knight x Aleksa Camur
Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): Juan Espino x Jeff Hughes
Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Khadis Ibragimov x Danilo Marques
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