The UFC arrives in Auckland, New Zealand, this Saturday (10), with a duel that will literally shake the structures of the octagon: the number 6 ranked heavyweight, Derrick Lewis, faces seventh place Mark Hunt in the main fight of the event. In the second most important fight of the night, the Derek Brunson faces Dan Kelly, in a duel valid for the middleweight category.
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Lewis is seen as one of the great promises of the heavyweight division. The “Black Beast”, as he is known, comes from six consecutive victories, including devastating knockouts over the Brazilian Gabriel Gonzaga and Travis Browne and victory by decision against the veteran Roy Nelson. Hunt, on the other hand, is in a bad phase: he is coming off two consecutive defeats: he lost to Brock Lesnar, at UFC 200, and for alistair overeem, at UFC 209.
The only Brazilian of the night is light heavyweight Henrique Frankenstein, who competes with Ion cutelaba. Frankenstein is coming off two consecutive setbacks and needs victory to avoid the risk of being fired, a situation similar to that of his opponent, who lost two out of three fights in the UFC.
All 24 athletes who make up the event will participate in the official weigh-in this Friday (09). Starting at 20pm (Brasília time), the weights of each fighter will be announced, in addition to the always intriguing official looks before the duel. SUPER FIGHTS broadcasts everything live!
UFC AUCKLAND
MAIN CARD
Heavyweight: Derrick Lewis x Mark Hunt
Average weight: Derek Brunson x Daniel Kelly
Lightweight: Daniel Hooker x Ross Pearson
Light Heavyweight: Ion cutelaba x Henry Frankenstein
Fly weight: Tim Elliott x Ben Nguyen
Feather weight: Alexander Volkanovsky x Mizuto Hirota
PRELIMINARY CARD
Lightweight: Damien Brown x Vinc Pichel
Welterweight: Luke Jumeau vs. Dominique Steele
Flyweight: John Moraga x Ashkan Mokhtarian
Welterweight: Kiichi Kunimoto x Zak Ottow
Strawweight: JJ Aldrich x Chan-Mi Jeon
Welterweight: “Maestro” Dong Hyun Kim x Thibault Gouti
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