This Saturday (14th), the UFC Las Vegas 67 opens the 2023 Ultimate calendar in style. With the duel between Nassourdine Imavov e Sean Strickland, contested in the light heavyweight division (up to 93kg), in the main fight, the organization's first event of the year features the presence of six Brazilians. Before stepping into the octagon, however, the 24 athletes scheduled for the card need to overcome the challenge against the scales at the official weigh-in, which takes place this Friday afternoon (16), with SUPER FIGHTS broadcast starting at 13:50 p.m.
Twelfth place in the middleweight rankings (up to 83,9kg), Nassourdine Imavov seeks his fourth consecutive victory in the octagon to continue his climb in the division. The 27-year-old Frenchman is coming off a victory over Joaquin buckley No. UFC Paris, In September.
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On the other side, Sean Strickland enters action in his second consecutive main event. The North American was called up at the last minute to replace the injured player Kelvin Gastelum and accepted the challenge. Ranked seventh in the middleweight rankings, he is coming off consecutive defeats to Alex Poatán and most recently Jared Cannonier.
The first Ultimate event of the year has six Brazilians on the card: Priscila Pedrita, Allan Puro Osso, Mateus Bocão, Claudio Ribeiro, Raoni barcelos e Ketlen Scallop.
UFC Las Vegas 67 technical sheet
Data: December 17, 2022
Timetable: From 18pm (Brasília time)
Location: UFC Apex, in Las Vegas (USA)
How to watch: SUPER FIGHTS LIVE In real time, UFC Fight Pass (the entire card) via the internet and Band (main card) on TV.
MAIN CARD (21pm Brasília time):
Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Sean Strickland x Nassourdine Imavov
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Dan Ige x Damon Jackson
Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Punahele Soriano x Roman Kopylov
Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg): Ketlen Scallop x Rachel Pennington
Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg): Umar Nurmagomedov x Raoni barcelos
PRELIMINARY CARD (18 p.m. Brasília time):
Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg): Javid Basharat x Mateus Bocão
Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Claudio Ribeiro x Abdul Razak Alhassan
Light weight (up to 70,3kg): Mateusz Rebecki x Nick Fiore
Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Allan Puro Osso x Carlos Hernandez
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Dan Argueta x Nick Aguirre
Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Charles Johnson x Jimmy Flick
Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Priscila Pedrita x sijara eubanks